Clerk of District Court

There is a statutory search fee of $2 per name per year for the first seven years, and $1 per name for each additional year. We are unable to do searches over the telephone, as the search fee must be pre-paid. We do not have a public computer terminal however we do have a card file for all records in the Clerk of District Court’s Office.

The statutory fee for photocopies is as follows: 

Copy of Decree of Dissolution: $10 

Copy of Marriage License: $5 

General Copies: $1 per page for the first ten pages, $.50 per page for additional pages 

Certification: $2 (in addition to above copy fees) 

Authentication: $6 (in addition to above copy fees) 

Copy fees are also required in advance.

If you need to request information from a file or copies of filed documents, you may do so by visiting our office between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Our office is located in the Roosevelt County courthouse,
on the second floor, in Room 210. If you are unable to come into our office, please prepare a written request. Be sure that your request is specific and indicates exactly what documents or information you need and whether
the copies need to be certified. Search and copy fees must be pre-paid. Along with your request, please send a payment made out to the Clerk of District Court. Some copies and fees are a flat rate and the fee can be
easily determined. However, if you are requesting searches and/or copies with per page or year rates, and are unsure of the amount to send, please give us a call. Be sure to send a self-addressed, stamped, legal-sized
envelope with adequate postage for the number of copies you are requesting. We will not return your copies to you without a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 

*We now accept payments by credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard, or Discover). Your requests can include a phone number where we can reach you during business hours to obtain your credit/debit card information.*

Note: If paying by credit or debit card, there is a 1.995% plus $.25 processing fee added on to your transaction costs.

Please mail your requests to: 

 Clerk of District Court 

400 2nd Avenue South Suite 210

Wolf Point, MT 59201 

Marriage License Application

A partial list of requirements for obtaining a Marriage License are as follows (this list is to be used only as a guideline and not to be interpreted as inclusive of all  
Montana marriage license laws. It is subject to change without notice): 

1. A Marriage License fee or filing a Declaration of Marriage fee is $53.00. Payment may be made with cash, credit, or debit card. A processing fee will be added on to the $53 cost if a debit or credit card payment is used. 

2. Identification is required. Acceptable forms of identification include of copy of a birth certificate, driver’s license, State ID, Passport or Tribal ID. If your birth certificate is from a foreign country, the copy must
be translated to English, by a person authorized to do so, and their signature must be notarized.

3. Persons 16 or 17 years of age must have parental consent (both parents). Contact the Clerk of Court’s Office on the procedure for this. However, in the case where only one parent has legal custody of that person, just the
parent having custody is required to sign the consent form in the Clerk of Court’s Office (proof of custody is required). At 16 or 17 years of age, it is a state law that there must be at least two sessions
of counseling at least 10 days apart with a designated counselor. This will require a letter written on the letterhead of the church or designated counselor stating the names of the couple, their ages, the dates of counseling,
and the opinion of the counselor on the pending marriage. Forms for counseling are also available in the Clerk of Court’s office. Both male and female applicants, as a couple, must participate in the counseling, after which
judicial consent must be given for the Clerk of court’s office to issue a marriage license. A district court judge signs the judicial consent (
40-1-213). 

4. The marriage of a person 15 and under is prohibited in the State of Montana (
40-1-213). Therefore, persons under the age of 16 may not marry within the State of Montana. 

5. Any marriage by proxy may be found under Sections
40-1-301(2) and
40-1-213(3). Roosevelt County does not do proxy marriages.

6. If a person has been previously married, proof that the most recent marriage was legally ended must be presented at the time of application for a marriage license in the form of either a copy of the decree of dissolution
or a copy of the death certificate for the former spouse. If the decree of dissolution or death certificate is from a foreign country, the copy must be translated to English, by a person authorized to do so, and their signature
must be notarized. (If the marriage ended in a divorce/dissolution in Roosevelt County, we will have your decree on file.)

7. A marriage license issued to Montana residents authorizes a marriage ceremony to be performed in the county where the license was issued or in any county of the State of Montana; however, the license is not transferrable
out of state. (
40-1-201) 

8. Persons who may now solemnize a marriage include a judge of a court of record, a public official whose powers include solemnization of marriages, by a mayor, city judge or justice of the peace, by a tribal judge, or in accordance
with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination, Indian nation or tribe, or native group. (
40-1-301)

9. No license to marry shall be issued if either of the applicants is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs. (
40-1-210)

10.A license to marry becomes effective upon issuance. The marriage license has an expiration notice of 180 days after it becomes effective. (
40-1-212)

11. Effective July 1, 1997, the social security numbers of both applicants must be on the marriage license application.

12. Roosevelt County Clerk of District Court does not file or register Common Law Marriages.

Petitions for Temporary Orders of Protection will only be heard by District Court judges in cases involving parties to a pending (already filed with an assigned case number) dissolution, parenting or paternity proceeding, or
involving an alleged victim in a pending felony criminal matter. 

All other parties wishing to obtain an order of protection will need to contact Roosevelt County Justice Court or Municipal Court regarding their criteria for such an order. 

The fees charged by the clerk of district court ( 
MCA* 25-1-201). (1) The clerk of the district court shall collect the following fees: 

At the commencement of each action or proceeding from the plaintiff or petitioner (Includes Paternity and Invalidity of Marriage) –
$120.00 

At the commencement of each petition for dissolution –
$200.00 

At the commencement of each Petition for Legal Separation –
$180.00

At the commencement of each Petition for Adoption –
$105.00 

For filing a petition for contested Amendment of Parenting Plan –
$120.00 

For filing a Complaint in Intervention, by the intervener – 
$80.00 

For the appearance of each defendant or each respondent –
$70.00 

For filing a Foreign Judgment –
$90.00 

For the entry or renewal of Judgment, from prevailing party –
$50.00 

For filing and docketing: Transcript of Judgment –
$50.00 

For filing and docketing: Confession of Judgment –
$50.00 

For filing a civil appeal from a lower court: Justice and City Court –
$30.00 

For filing a civil appeal from a lower court: Small Claims Court –
$10.00 

For filing a transfer from another county –
$10.00 

For transmission of records or files or transfer of a case to another court (Includes removals to Federal District Court and forwarding appeals to Supreme Court) –
$5.00 

For all writs of execution, writs of assistance and orders of sale –
$5.00 

For a substitution of judge (Charge governmental agencies – excluding criminal cases) –
$100.00 

For registering a process server –
$100.00 

For oath or jurat with seal –
$1.00 

For authenticated or exemplified copies –
$6.00 

For certification with a seal –
$2.00 

For searching court records –
$2.00 per name per year up to seven (7) years;
$1.00 per name each additional year 

For preparing general copies –
$1.00 per page for first ten (10) pages;
$.50 per page each additional page 

For preparing a copy of a dissolution decree –
$10.00 

For preparing a copy of a marriage license –
$5.00 

For formal/informal probate, guardianship or conservatorship case when commenced (Includes filing of the will; Ancillary with Montana letter issued) –
$100.00 

For Probate, Foreign P. R. with certificate –
$85.00 

For Marriage License/Declaration of Marriage – $53.00

For preparing and certifying a transcript of judgment –
$4.00