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Get a Birth Certificate in Liberty County, MT

Fees for this service are set by state statute. Here's what to expect in Liberty County.

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Montana birth certificates — MCA 7-4-2631(1)(l)
Issued by the Liberty County Clerk & Recorder · the same fee in every county
7-4-2631 ↗
$8.00per certified copy at the county · $16.00 at the state Office of Vital Records

County clerks charge “for each certified copy of a birth certificate, $8, and for each certified copy of a death certificate, $7” (MCA 7-4-2631(1)(l)). The department and “county clerk and recorders shall, upon receipt of an application, issue a certified copy” of a vital record (50-15-121(1)). At the state office, “All certificates cost $16.” (DPHHS).

Any Montana county · except a long form
“You may visit any local County Clerk & Recorder’s office in Montana to purchase a birth or death certificate, regardless of which Montana county the event occurred in.” (DPHHS) A long form is the exception: “If you require a Long Form birth certificate (often needed for dual citizenship or tribal enrollment), you cannot obtain this from just any county.” It comes from the state office in Helena or the Clerk & Recorder of the county of birth. DPHHS ↗
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Office Address
111 1st Street East, Chester, MT 59522
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Mailing Address
Po Box 459, Chester, MT 59522
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Official Website
libertycountymt.gov ↗
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  • Hours: not published on the Clerk and Recorder page.
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Montana sets the county's certified-copy fees by state law, the same in every county — MCA 7-4-2631(1)(l):

“for each certified copy of a birth certificate, $8, and for each certified copy of a death certificate, $7”

📖 Read MCA 7-4-2631 ↗