Montana, Yellowstone County
Where Billings's records are kept. Billings has its own city government, police department, fire department and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Billings's own offices, along with State of Montana offices; the Yellowstone County offices are on our Yellowstone County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
Peterson Library and Archives of the Montana Historical Society, a non circulating library, archives and photo archives open on site in its Reference Room, with online collections, indexes and research services.
Open official site Montana Historical Society Research CenterCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court for Montana. Mail goes to the Mike Mansfield Federal Courthouse in Butte; hearings are held and filings taken over the counter at divisional offices including Billings, Great Falls and Missoula.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of MontanaVital records
Montana DPHHS office for birth and death certificates, corrections, adoption and paternity records. No birth certificates are issued anywhere in Montana October 21 to 25, 2026, while it changes systems.
Open official site Montana Office of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Montana Department of Corrections search of records of convicted felons in the state, by DOC ID number or last and first name, with links to the victim information office and the parole board.
Open official site Montana DOC Offender SearchPolice & jail
The Department of Justice clearinghouse keeps the online Montana Missing Persons Database, helps police enter and identify missing and unidentified people, and works with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Open official site Montana DOJ Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
The Department of Justice registry of sexual and violent offenders, with an interactive map and name search, statistics by city and county, and daily alerts when offenders move into chosen ZIP codes.
Open official site Montana Sexual or Violent Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Montana Department of Justice service for searching the state's public criminal history records under MCA 44-5-301; each search costs $20, with public and registered user options.
Open official site Montana Criminal History Online Public Record SearchFederal
Billings city, Montana in Census Bureau QuickFacts, estimated at 121,239 residents on July 1, 2025. The table adds housing, income and poverty, education, health insurance, commuting and business statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Billings city offices at 316 N. 26th Street, phone 406-657-8433, with permits, public record requests, municipal court and warrants, online payments, agendas and minutes and code enforcement.
Open official site City of BillingsPolice & jail
Police headquarters on the 4th floor of 316 North 26th Street, non-emergency 406-657-8200, records 406-657-8460, with report copies, online crime reporting, fine payment and the policy manual.
Open official site Billings Police DepartmentState records
Emergency Services Headquarters Station 2305 8th Ave. N. Billings, MT 59101 (406) 657-8442
Open official site Billings Montana Fire ServicesCity records
Billings City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Billings City ClerkEverything else, organized
19 more Billings sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Billings, a place of 117,116 people, is the seat of Yellowstone County. Court and property records sit with Yellowstone County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Montana. Billings's own offices are in the cards above, and our Yellowstone County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS mineral file records 6 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 11 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Montana abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Montana is run by the Montana Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Billings. Montana has no online voter registration: the application goes to the Yellowstone County election administrator by mail or in person.
Deeds for property in Billings are recorded by the Yellowstone County Clerk and Recorder, and the Montana Department of Revenue keeps the tax values. Our Yellowstone County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Montana come from the state vital records office, Montana Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.