Flathead County Property Records

Flathead County, Montana, has three incorporated cities and several census-designated places. In Flathead County, MT, property records offer information regarding ownership, legal descriptions, and transactions for land and buildings. These documents allow individuals to verify and protect legal rights to real estate.

Flathead County property records indicate that the average home value in the county is $446,242, with a median rent of $917. With these values, the county's households have a median declared income of $62,321. In median property taxes, the county reported a rate that corresponds to 0.63% of a property's value.

In Flathead County, MT, property records are housed in the Recording Department of Clerk and Recorder. This office oversees various real estate documents such as deeds, mortgages, surveys, liens, and plats, typically indexed on-site and available for research at the Public Research Library.

While on-site access is available, individuals can retrieve records online through the County Record Archives system, which provides property documents dated before 1984. Alternatively, iDocMarket offers access to records from 1984 onwards through search criteria like recording date, document number, book/page details, instrument type, names, addresses, and legal information.

Additionally, if one knows their document number, they can retrieve these records by submitting a Document Request Form to the office in person or through the mail.

Obtaining property records in Flathead County, MT, costs $0.50 for the first page of a non-certified document copy and $0.25 for an extra page. Certified documents cost $2 plus the standard per-page cost, and certification of full-size maps costs $3 each for surveys and $5 each for plats.

For zoning verification in Flathead County, contact the Planning and Zoning Department or submit a Request Form. Alternatively, individuals can contact their local planning office for properties within city limits.