Ownership changes
Parcel sales, transfers to companies and out-of-state buyers, public land sold to private owners, and splits, from monthly copies of the state parcel roll.
About this data
- Published by
- Derived by Data 4 MT from the Montana cadastral
- Method
- Each monthly cadastral copy is compared with the previous one. A new owner name is a sale; a new parcel ID is a split.
- Update frequency
- Monthly
- Last updated
- Oct 5, 2026
- Records
- 31,747
- Coverage
- All 56 counties.
Records in 56 of 56 counties. - Snapshots compared
- Jul 17, 2026, Sep 9, 2026
Known gaps
Dated by the state’s monthly copy, not the deed. No prices (Montana is a non-disclosure state). The first comparison covers July to September 2026.
Preview
Sample of the 10 most recent of 31,747 records. The full list, updated weekly, is in Data4 Pro.
Fields
| Field | Column | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Date | date | YYYY-MM-DD. |
| Event | event | |
| County | county | |
| Parcel ID | parcel | State geocode (17 digits). |
| Parcels | parcels | |
| Place | place | |
| From | from | Previous owner. |
| To | to | New owner. |
| Acres | acres | GIS acres. |
| Buyer mailing city | buyer_mailing_city | |
| Longitude | lon | WGS84 degrees. |
| Latitude | lat | WGS84 degrees. |
Downloads and links
Data 4 MT is an index of public records. It republishes only what Montana and federal agencies make public, with a link to the source on each record. People are shown as “Private individual” on public pages and downloads; companies, trusts held by institutions, and governments keep their names. No document images, sale prices, voter, MVD or wildlife-telemetry data are stored. Verify any record against the publisher’s copy before relying on it.