7-4-2637. Fees for recording standard documents. (1) Except as provided in 7-4-2631 and subsection (2) of this section, the fee for recording a standard document that meets the requirements of 7-4-2636 is $7 for each page or fraction of a page.
     (2) The fee for recording a document that does not meet the requirements of 7-4-2636 is $11 for each page or fraction of a page for the first five pages or fractions of the pages and $7 for each subsequent page.
     (3) (a) Of the fees collected under subsection (1):
     (i) $1 must be deposited in the records preservation fund, provided for in 7-4-2635;
     (ii) 25 cents must be deposited in the county land information account provided for in 7-6-2230;
     (iii) 75 cents must be transmitted each month to the department of revenue in the manner prescribed by the department of revenue for deposit in the Montana land information account created in 90-1-409; and
     (iv) the remainder must be deposited as provided for in 7-4-2511.
     (b) Of the fees collected under subsection (2) for nonstandard documents, each $7 amount for a page or fraction of a page must be deposited as provided for in subsection (3)(a). The remaining $4 of each $11 charge for a page or fraction of a page must be deposited in the records preservation fund, provided for in 7-4-2635, and, notwithstanding 7-4-2635(3), each $4 amount from an $11 charge for a page or a fraction of a page may be used only for maintaining, upgrading, or installing systems to digitally record and retrieve documents.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 571, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 135, L. 2005.