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Instant Access to Lewis and Clark County, Montana Property Records

Lewis and Clark County, Montana, is home to the cities of Helena and East Helena. Property records in Lewis and Clark County, MT, are essential as they thoroughly describe a property’s history, which facilitates informed choices in legal and financial contexts.

Recent Lewis and Clark County property records show a median home value of $314,642 and a median rent cost of $932 against the median household earning of $76,743. The records also reveal that the county levies a median property tax of 0.71% of a property's assessed fair market value.

In Lewis and Clark County, MT, property records are primarily maintained by the Records Department of the Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer. The documents they manage encompass deeds, mortgages, surveys, federal tax liens, attachments, and judgments, digitized and indexed by document number, book/page, and grantor/grantee.

Property records from April 2001 are fully accessible online through the EagleWeb search tool. The public can search some image-restricted property documents from January 1865, whereas registered users can access these records more comprehensively based on their subscription type.

If in-person browsing is preferred, the Records Department office in Helena, MT, is open during office hours. Individuals can also acquire copies of these property files by sending a written request to records@lccountymt.gov.

Obtaining copies of property records from Lewis and Clark County comes with fees. To get the detailed fee schedule, contact the Records Department at 406-447-8306.

Feel free to express any concerns about property zoning in Lewis and Clark County by contacting the Community Development and Planning Department at 406-447-8374. They oversee planning, zoning, and other aspects of the county’s growth and development. Additionally, interested individuals can visit the county’s Interactive Mapping Site to learn more about a property’s zoning.

Lewis and Clark County Property Statistics

For an easier overview of the difference in tax rates between counties, explore the charts below. You can also get additional insights on median home values, income levels and homeownership rates in your area.

Median Rent

Lewis and Clark County
$932
Montana
$766
National
$991

Median Property Tax Rate

Lewis and Clark County
0.71%
Montana
0.74%
National
0.94%

Median Home Value

Lewis and Clark County
$314,642
Montana
$236,543
National
$250,246

Median Income

Lewis and Clark County
$76,743
Montana
$61,992
National
$69,646

Unemployment Rate (%)

Lewis and Clark County
1.83%
Montana
2.9 %
National
3.44 %

Renter Occupied Housing (%)

Lewis and Clark County
23.53%
Montana
25.52 %
National
25.65 %
Lewis And Clark

Tax Assessor

  • Total Parcels: 44,203
  • Commercial Parcels: 2,279
  • Residential Parcels: 29,481
  • Other Parcels: 12,443
  • Tax Amount Population: 88.88%
  • Tax Year: 2022
  • Last Assr Update: 2022-11-07
  • Tape Cutoff Date: 2021-12-31
  • Assessment Year: 2022
  • FIPS Code: 30049

Recorder

  • Deed Min: 2006-01-03
  • Deed Max: 2023-04-06
  • Commercial Deed Docs: 28,549
  • Residential Deed Docs: 32,291
  • Mortgage Min: 2006-01-03
  • Mortgage Max: 2023-04-06
  • Commercial Mortgage Docs: 12,802
  • Residential Mortgage Docs: 37,045
  • FIPS Code: 30049
  • Deed Docs: 60,840
  • Mortgage Docs: 49,847

AVM

  • County Population: 44203
  • Most Current Valuation Date: 2023-03-21
  • Total Parcels: 16,468
  • Residential Parcels: 16,468
  • FIPS Code: 30049

Geocode

  • Total Parcels: 44,194
  • Geocode Unavailable: 0
  • Parcel-Centroid Geocodes: 42,249
  • Street-Level Geocodes: 1,504
  • Other Geocodes: 441
  • FIPS Code: 30049

Foreclosure

  • State FIPs: 30
  • County FIPs: 049
  • Judicial/Non-Judicial: Non-Judicial
  • Min Recording Date: 2016-08-01
  • NOD Document Count: 0
  • NOD Max Recording Date: N/A
  • NTS Document Count: 187
  • NTS Max Recording Date: 2023-03-30
  • LP Document Count: 0
  • LP MaxRecording Date: N/A
  • NOS Document Count: 0
  • NOS Max Recording Date: N/A

Assignment and Release

  • FIPs: 30049
  • Total Records: 68386
  • Assignment Min Recording Date: 2005-01-03
  • Assignment Max Recording Date: 2023-04-10
  • Assignment Doc Count: 7609
  • Release Min Recording Date: 2005-01-03
  • Release Max Recording Date: 2023-04-10
  • Release Doc Count: 60516
  • Other Min Recording Date: 2005-01-18
  • Other Max Recording Date: 2021-11-08
  • Other Doc Count: 261

Lewis and Clark County Registrar of Deeds

Lewis and Clark County Records Department

Address: 316 North Park Avenue
Phone: 406-447-8306
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Email: records@lccountymt.gov
Website: https://www.lccountymt.gov/Government/Treasurer-Clerk-and-Recorder/Clerk-and-Recorder-Records-Dept
Official Records Search: https://eagle-web.lccountymt.gov/recorder/web/
eRecording: https://www.lccountymt.gov/Government/Treasurer-Clerk-and-Recorder/Clerk-and-Recorder-Records-Dept

Instant Access to Lewis and Clark County, Montana Property Records