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Montana County
Glacier County, Montana
The Blackfeet Nation and Glacier National Park's east side - from the Blackfeet Nation (the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation - whose ancestral territory once spanned much of the northern Great Plains from the Missouri River to Canada - maintains its tribal headquarters in Browning and its sovereignty on one of Montana's largest reservations, adjacent to the Rocky Mountain Front and Glacier National Park whose eastern boundary follows the reservation border) to the Rocky Mountain Front (the dramatic escarpment where the Rocky Mountains rise abruptly from the Great Plains along Glacier County's western edge - one of the most visually stunning geological transitions on the continent, where 10,000-foot peaks rise within miles of the flat prairie in an ecological corridor crucial for grizzly bears and wolverines).
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Office: Glacier County Office of Emergency Management – 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427 | (406) 873-2711 | Email: [email protected]; contact Judd Milender. Also listed: Disaster & Emergency Services Coordinator, PO Box 364, Cut Bank, MT 59427 | (406) 873-2084 | Fax: (406) 873-9103.
Sheriff: Glacier County Sheriff’s Office – 28 6th Ave SE / 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427 | (406) 873-2711 | Fax: (406) 873-4218; Sheriff Maurice Redhorn.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-2 serves Cut Bank, the county seat, in northern Montana on the Canadian border. Cut Bank’s historic airport offers regional connections.
Notes: Glacier County spans roughly 3,085 square miles with elevations from 3,600 to over 10,000 feet, bordered by 75 miles of international boundary with Alberta, Canada (two year-round border crossings, one seasonal).
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Glacier County – confirm current phone via glaciercountymt.gov.
Notes: Glacier County genuinely encompasses the eastern half of Glacier National Park (including the east entrance of the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road) and the entire Blackfeet Indian Reservation, home to the Blackfeet Nation, whose ancestral presence in the region dates back over 5,000-10,000 years according to tribal historians; Browning, the tribal government seat, has roughly 1,400 incorporated residents but a broader community of about 7,000. Cut Bank, once known as the “Oil Capital of Montana” during an early-20th-century boom, has genuinely reported the coldest recorded temperature in the contiguous 48 states on more than one occasion, while also experiencing rapid mid-winter Chinook wind warming. On July 21, 1806, Meriwether Lewis camped along what he called the north fork of Maria’s River near present-day Cut Bank during the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s return journey.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Glacier County Veterans Service – confirm current contact via glaciercountymt.gov.
Federal: VA Montana Health Care System (Fort Harrison/Helena, accessible south).
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Glacier County Library – 21 1st Avenue SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427; a genuinely well-known local landmark near Main Street City Park.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Glacier National Park’s east side (Going-to-the-Sun Road, St. Mary, East Glacier Park), the Blackfeet Indian Reservation’s cultural sites (including the Lodgepole Gallery and Tipi Village and museums in Browning), and Cut Bank’s nine-hole golf course are the county’s premier attractions.
Notes: The genuine Blackfeet Nation heritage and eastern Glacier National Park access are among the most distinctive local facts covered in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Glacier County – confirm current contact via glaciercountymt.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Confirm current animal control/shelter arrangements via glaciercountymt.gov or the Sheriff’s Office, (406) 873-2711.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Glacier County – confirm current contact via glaciercountymt.gov.
NOTES: Glacier County is the fifth county in the Montana v2 A+ sourced redo’s third batch. The genuine Blackfeet Nation heritage and eastern Glacier National Park access are among the most distinctive local facts covered in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Glacier County
Glacier County is Blackfeet Nation homeland and the Rocky Mountain Front – the dramatic escarpment where the Rockies rise from the prairie along the reservation border is one of the continent’s most visually striking geological transitions, and the Blackfeet people’s ancestral territory encompasses some of the most spectacular mountain wilderness in North America.
Cut Bank (the county seat, population ~3,000) serves the county’s Blackfeet and non-Native communities in the wind-swept prairie below the Front Range.
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Glacier County Assessor (Montana Dept. of Revenue) at 101 N. Meriwether Avenue, Cut Bank, MT 59427, phone 406-873-5564.
Courts & Legal
Glacier County District Court at 101 N. Meriwether Avenue, Cut Bank, MT 59427, phone 406-873-5063, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK AND RECORDER
101 1st Ave. SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427
(406) 873-5063
COUNTY CLERK (Elections)
101 1st Ave. SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427
(406) 873-5063
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Glacier County Clerk of District Court (probate case files – see Probate section above).
The Blackfeet Indian Reservation, located within Glacier County, holds significant tribal historical records separate from county court records.
Local societies
No dedicated Glacier County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Glacier County Clerk of District Court, Probate Division 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427 (406) 873-5063
Glacier County is in northern Montana on the Canadian border, seated in Cut Bank, and includes part of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Montana adopted the Uniform Probate Code (UPC), codified at Title 72 of the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). Probate is handled by the District Court in the county where the decedent resided.
Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit (MCA § 72-3-1101) – available when the value of the probate estate, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000. At least 30 days must have passed since the death, and no application or petition for appointment of a personal representative may be pending or granted anywhere. The affiant presents the sworn, notarized affidavit (with a certified death certificate) directly to whoever holds the property to collect it – skipping probate court entirely. Must be used within 3 years of death.
Summary Administration – a streamlined court process for estates valued at $100,000 or less; unlike the affidavit procedure, this still goes through the court, just with reduced formality.
Informal Probate – the most common path for uncontested estates. An application can be made to the clerk of district court no sooner than 120 hours (5 days) after death, with minimal court involvement.
Formal Probate – required when there’s no will, when a will’s validity is contested, or when there’s disagreement over the personal representative or distribution. Handled by a district court judge.
Supervised Administration – formal probate with ongoing court oversight of the personal representative.
Step 2: filing for formal or informal probate
File an application (informal) or petition (formal) with the Clerk of District Court in the county where the decedent resided, no sooner than 120 hours after death.
The court or clerk appoints the personal representative and issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration.
The personal representative publishes notice to creditors and gives direct notice to known creditors. Creditors generally have 4 months from the date of first publication to file claims.
The personal representative inventories and appraises the estate’s assets.
After debts, taxes, and expenses are paid and the creditor claim period expires, the personal representative distributes the remaining assets and closes the estate.
What it costs
Montana does not set statutory percentage-based fees; personal representative and attorney fees are generally “reasonable compensation” based on time and complexity.
Montana has no state estate tax and no state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax could apply, and only to very large estates.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
101 1st Ave. SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427
(406) 873-5566
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK (Elections)
101 1st Ave. SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427
(406) 873-5063
ELECTIONS
101 1st Ave. SE, Cut Bank, MT 59427
(406) 873-5063
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
MT DPHHS — Glacier
(406) 873-5541
Glacier County Medical Center
glaciercountymedical.org (Cut Bank — quality critical access hospital)
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Glacier County Health Department – 1210 East Main, Cut Bank, MT 59427 | (406) 873-2924 | Fax: (406) 873-2125.
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County Facts
County Seat: Cut Bank
Population: 13,500
Area: 2,996 sq mi
Established: 1919
Tier: 3
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