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NorthWestern Energy Records Four New Easements in Lewis and Clark County, Adding to Nine-Property Footprint

4 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

NorthWestern Energy recorded four new easements in Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July 22, the latest in a pattern of right-of-way activity that now spans nine distinct properties in public filings. The cluster of recordings — spread across less than two weeks — suggests the utility is expanding or reinforcing infrastructure somewhere in the county, though NorthWestern has not announced a specific project tied to the filings.

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NorthWestern Energy Records Four New Easements Across Lewis and Clark County in Ten Days

4 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

NorthWestern Energy has recorded at least four new easements in Lewis and Clark County since July 13, the latest in a cluster of infrastructure filings that puts the utility's recent property activity at nine distinct parcels across the county. The easements, granted by private landowners, suggest an active expansion or upgrade effort underway in the Helena area, though the company has not publicly announced a specific project tied to the filings.

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NorthWestern Energy Files Four Easements Across Helena in Ten Days

4 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:48

NorthWestern Energy recorded four separate easements with Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July 22, a cluster of filings that suggests the utility is moving infrastructure through multiple Helena neighborhoods in a compressed window. The company now appears in 9 total filings tied to 9 distinct properties in county recorder records, all from a single source category.

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Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows Sees Flurry of Deed Activity as Developer Moves Homes

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Mountain View Meadows LLC and R and D Partners LLC recorded at least three property transfers out of the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows development between July 13 and July 22, public records filed with the Lewis and Clark County Recorder show. The transactions span two separate subdivisions within the larger development — Craftsman Village and The Peaks — and involve both individual buyers and at least one LLC.

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NorthWestern Energy Records Four New Easements Across Helena Properties in Ten Days

4 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

NorthWestern Energy recorded four easements on Lewis and Clark County properties over a ten-day stretch this month, a cluster of filings that points to infrastructure work underway or planned across multiple Helena neighborhoods. The grants, recorded between July 13 and July 22, bring the utility's recent property filings to at least nine across nine distinct parcels in the county.

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Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows Sees Burst of Sales Activity as Development LLC Moves Five Properties

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Mountain View Meadows LLC and its development partner R and D Partners LLC recorded at least six property transactions tied to five parcels in Lewis and Clark County over a ten-day stretch this month, public deed records show. The filings, all within the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows development on Helena's east side, suggest the partnership is actively moving inventory out of its books and into the hands of both individual buyers and investment entities.

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Brooks Family Records Three Property Filings in Single Day, Transfers Parcel to Grande Family

2 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:46

David Paul and Joni M. Brooks recorded three separate filings with the Lewis and Clark County Recorder on July 15, 2026, in a cluster of transactions that transferred at least one property — along with an accompanying easement — to Brandi and Marty Grande.

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Gregory Bell Files Survey, Deeds on Ming Addition and Syndicate Addition Parcels

4 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

Gregory R. Bell recorded a cluster of documents with the Lewis and Clark County Recorder this week, filing a corrected certificate of survey and two deeds on adjacent lots in the Ming Addition — while a third deed tied to a Syndicate Addition parcel recorded just days earlier. The filings, all listing Bell as both grantor and grantee, suggest the owner is restructuring how those properties are held on paper rather than transferring them to a new party.

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Veteran Buys Two Alpine Meadows Lots, Files Homestead Declaration Same Day

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Michael Andrew Jarrell picked up two adjacent lots in the Alpine Meadows subdivision on June 18, recording a warranty deed, a VA-backed mortgage, and a declaration of homestead all on the same day — a same-day sweep that signals he intends to make the property his primary residence.

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Veteran Buys Alpine Meadows Home, Files Homestead Declaration Same Day

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:45

Michael Andrew Jarrell picked up two adjacent lots in the Alpine Meadows subdivision on June 18, recording a deed, a VA-backed mortgage, and a Declaration of Homestead all on the same day — a same-day trifecta in Lewis and Clark County records that signals a buyer putting down roots, not flipping an investment.

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Veteran Buys Two Alpine Meadows Lots, Files Homestead Declaration Same Day

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Michael Andrew Jarrell picked up two adjacent lots in the Alpine Meadows subdivision on June 18, purchasing Lots 16 and 17 of Block 2 from James Bosshardt in a transaction recorded the same day at the Lewis and Clark County Recorder's Office.

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Mountain View Meadows and a Busy Couple Keep the Recorder's Office Humming

edition · 09:01

The Lewis and Clark County Recorder's Office had an unusually newsworthy week, and two names drove most of it. Mountain View Meadows LLC recorded at least eleven filings tied to properties in the Crossroads at Mountain View subdivision — including multiple sales in the Craftsman Village Phase 8 section — signaling that one of Helena's most active residential developments is still moving units at a steady clip. Separately, Ricardo Alberto Magana and Parker Leann Frazee appeared in the recorder's office records not once, not twice, but across multiple stories this week: the couple bought a home, sold a property, and recorded a homestead exemption — some reports say as many as six filings — all in a single day back on June 11. Their Pioneer Village lot also changed hands in the same session. For Helena homebuyers and watchers of the local market, the week's real estate coverage tells two stories at once: a developer pushing volume through a new subdivision on the city's edge, and individual buyers navigating a market where consolidating and repositioning in a single day has become a real strategy. A Green Meadow Drive home also closed at $699,900, a reminder that Helena's upper-tier market remains active.

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Helena Couple Buys, Sells and Homesteads All in One Day at the Recorder's Office

3 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

Ricardo Alberto Magana and Parker Leann Frazee made a busy Wednesday at the Lewis and Clark County Recorder's Office on June 11, appearing in four separate filings tied to at least two properties — buying one home, selling another, and filing a Declaration of Homestead all on the same day.

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Pioneer Village Lot Changes Hands as Couple Buys, Sells and Stakes Homestead in Single Day

3 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:47

Ricardo Alberto Magana and Parker Leann Frazee recorded six property filings in Lewis and Clark County on a single day last week — buying a home, selling another, and declaring a homestead exemption, all on June 11, 2026. The flurry of activity, spread across four recorded instruments, points to a household that has been active in the local market and is now planting roots in a specific property they intend to protect under Montana's homestead exemption.

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Couple Buys In, Sells Out on Same Day: A Busy Wednesday at the Lewis and Clark Recorder's Office

3 sources · lc recorder: development (plats · 06:45

Ricardo Alberto Magana and Parker Leann Frazee had a full plate at the Lewis and Clark County Recorder's Office on June 11. In a single day's worth of filings, the couple purchased a property from Nicholas D. and Jamie K. Bright, sold a separate lot in Pioneer Village Subdivision Phase II to Juliana R. Alfaro and Osmar B. Campos-Diarte, and filed a Declaration of Homestead — all recorded the same day.

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Mountain View Meadows Moves Units in Crossroads Development, Records Show Nine Filings Across Five Properties

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:49

Mountain View Meadows LLC has been busy at the recorder's office. The developer recorded at least nine filings tied to five separate properties in Lewis and Clark County, with the most recent hitting the books June 12 — part of a steady drumbeat of activity in the Craftsman Village Phase 8 subdivision at Crossroads at Mountain View.

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Mountain View Meadows LLC Moves Two More Homes in Crossroads Subdivision

2 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:45

Mountain View Meadows LLC recorded at least two new home sales in the Craftsman Village Phase 8 section of the Crossroads at Mountain View subdivision this month, continuing what public records show is a pattern of active development and sales activity tied to the entity across five Helena-area properties.

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Green Meadow Drive Home Sells for $699,900

1 source · helena real estate (sales & list · 06:48

A single-family home at 7925 Green Meadow Drive in Helena sold for $699,900, according to recent property records. The four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house spans 3,624 square feet and was built in 1977, putting it among the larger mid-century homes in the Green Meadow neighborhood on Helena's south side.

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A Developer Under Pressure: Mountain View Meadows Keeps Selling Homes While Lumber Bills Pile Up

edition · 09:00

If you've been watching Lewis and Clark County property records this week — and apparently, a lot of people have — one name kept showing up: Mountain View Meadows LLC. The east-side developer recorded eight filings across five properties in a single week, including multiple home sales in its Craftsman Village Phase 8 subdivision and a pair of back-to-back rights-to-claim liens filed by Simkins Lumber Company against the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows and Peaks Phase projects. The pattern that emerged across several days of coverage is hard to ignore: the developer is moving product on one end of its portfolio while a material supplier is essentially putting up legal flags on the other. For Helena residents, that tension matters. Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows has been one of the more closely watched residential projects on the east side, and lien activity from a major lumber supplier raises real questions about whether subcontractors and suppliers are being paid on schedule. Anyone who has already bought in — or is thinking about it — would be wise to keep an eye on how those liens resolve. Simkins Lumber Company appeared multiple times this week as the filing party, and Mountain View Meadows LLC logged 19 total mentions across the week's coverage, making it the most-tracked private entity in Helena's news cycle.

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Mountain View Meadows Sells Craftsman Village Home as Lumber Liens Stack Up on Crossroads Development

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Mountain View Meadows LLC closed on at least one home sale and absorbed two material liens in a single 48-hour stretch this week, the latest entries in a public record that now spans eight filings across five properties in the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows subdivision on Helena's east side.

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Mountain View Meadows Sells Craftsman Village Home as Lumber Liens Stack Up at Crossroads Development

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:45

Mountain View Meadows LLC closed on a home sale in the Craftsman Village Phase 8 subdivision this week while simultaneously facing two right-to-claim liens filed by a local lumber supplier — a snapshot of a developer that appears to be both moving product and carrying unresolved debt at its Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows project on Helena's east side.

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Simkins Lumber Files Liens Against Mountain View Meadows as Developer Records Eight Filings Across Five Properties

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Mountain View Meadows LLC, the developer behind the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows subdivision on Helena's east side, recorded eight filings across five properties in Lewis and Clark County in recent weeks — including a completed home sale and a pair of material liens from a local lumber supplier filed the day before that sale closed.

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Simkins Lumber Files Back-to-Back Liens Against Mountain View Meadows as Developer Closes First Craftsman Village Sale

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:45

A Helena residential developer is juggling competing financial pressures this week, with Simkins Lumber Company filing two rights-to-claim liens against Mountain View Meadows LLC on June 4 — the day before the company recorded its first known deed transfer out of the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows subdivision.

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Mountain View Meadows Sells Craftsman Village Home, Faces Lumber Liens on Same Week

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Mountain View Meadows LLC closed out a busy week in Lewis and Clark County property records, recording a home sale in its Craftsman Village subdivision on June 5 while simultaneously facing two material liens filed the day before by Simkins Lumber Company — a combination that offers a snapshot of an active residential developer navigating the financial complexity of building out a large subdivision on Helena's east side.

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Mountain View Meadows Sells Craftsman Village Home While Lumber Supplier Files Back-to-Back Liens on Developer's Other Properties

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Mountain View Meadows LLC closed a home sale and absorbed two material supplier liens within 24 hours this week, a pair of public filings that together offer a window into the active — and complicated — financial picture at the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows development on Helena's east side.

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Mountain View Meadows Sells Craftsman Village Home While Lumber Supplier Files Dueling Liens on Peaks Phase

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Mountain View Meadows LLC closed on a home in the Craftsman Village Phase 8 subdivision last week while simultaneously facing two material liens from a building supplier — a snapshot of a developer that, according to Lewis and Clark County records, has generated eight filings across five properties in recent months.

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Single-Day Property Transfers Are Becoming a Regular Story in Lewis and Clark County Records

edition · 09:01

A quiet but recurring theme ran through this week's property coverage: people moving multiple parcels in a single day of recorder filings. The McGlynn family transferred at least four Lewis and Clark County properties into a family living trust on May 27. Susanna R. Steed deeded four separate parcels to four different individuals in a single day's recordings, capping what records show was an 18-filing footprint in the county.

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Simkins Lumber's Four-Lien Day Is a Yellow Flag for Mountain View Meadows Buyers

edition · 09:01

Once is a filing. Twice is a coincidence. Four liens on the same day against the same developer starts to look like a pattern — and this week's real estate coverage made that pattern impossible to miss.

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Simkins Lumber Files Four Liens Against Mountain View Meadows Development

2 sources · lc recorder: liens · 06:46

A Helena-area lumber supplier filed four separate liens against Mountain View Meadows LLC on the same day last week, a cluster of public filings that signals a payment dispute at the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows development on Helena's north end. Simkins Lumber Company — listed in the filings alternatively as Simkins Lumber Co. and Simkins Lumber Company — recorded all four Rights to Claim Lien with Lewis and Clark County on June 4, 2026.

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Simkins Lumber Files Four Liens Against Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows Developer

1 source · lc recorder: liens · 06:47

Simkins Lumber Company recorded four separate rights-to-claim liens against Mountain View Meadows LLC on June 4, covering lots in the Peaks Phase 1 subdivision and a commercial parcel at the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows development in Lewis and Clark County. The simultaneous filings suggest a payment dispute has emerged between the Helena-area lumber supplier and the developer behind one of the region's active residential and commercial projects.

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Simkins Lumber Files Four Liens Against Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows Developer

1 source · lc recorder: liens · 06:46

Simkins Lumber Company filed four separate right-to-claim liens against Mountain View Meadows LLC on June 4, targeting lots in the Crossroads at Mountain View Meadows subdivision on Helena's west side. The filings, all recorded the same day with Lewis and Clark County, cover properties in both the Peaks Phase 1 residential section and a commercial parcel within the development — a pattern that suggests an unresolved payment dispute spanning multiple phases of the project.

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McGlynn Family Moves Six Properties Into Living Trust in Single Day of Recordings

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:48

Steven and Tamara McGlynn transferred at least four parcels of Lewis and Clark County property into the McGlynn Family Living Trust on May 27, consolidating a portfolio that spans multiple Helena-area subdivisions in what public records show is a single coordinated estate planning move.

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Sunset Ridge Home Lists at $950,000 as Helena's Upper-End Market Holds Firm

1 source · helena real estate (sales & list · 06:48

A four-bedroom, four-bath home on Sunset Ridge Drive has hit the Helena market at $950,000, one of the higher-priced residential listings in the city this summer. The 3,567-square-foot property at 4085 Sunset Ridge Drive was built in 2007 and is listed as a single-family residence.

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McGlynns Transfer Four Properties to Family Trust in Single Day

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Steven and Tamara McGlynn recorded four warranty deeds on the same day last week, transferring a cluster of Lewis and Clark County properties into the McGlynn Family Living Trust — a move that consolidates holdings spread across East Helena and other Helena-area subdivisions under a single estate-planning vehicle.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Lewis and Clark County Properties in Single Day, Capping 18-Filing Footprint

2 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed transferred four separate Lewis and Clark County properties on the same day last week, deeding each to a different individual in a flurry of recordings that suggests a deliberate distribution of a substantial real estate portfolio.

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One Name, Seven Deeds, One Day: The Steed Property Story That Wouldn't Stop

edition · 09:01

If you read Helena's property records closely this week — and apparently our reporters did, repeatedly — one name kept surfacing: Susanna R. Steed. The Lewis and Clark County recorder's office processed four warranty deeds on a single day in May, all signed by Steed, transferring parcels to three individuals sharing her surname: Manti J. Steed, Moroni W. Steed, and Joshua N. Steed, along with Weston Michael Straight. The story ran multiple times this week in various forms, each pass adding a little more context about the scope of the Steed family's local holdings and the legal mechanics of intra-family real estate transfers. Taken together, the coverage sketches a portrait of one of Lewis and Clark County's more active private property holders quietly reorganizing what appears to be a substantial family portfolio in a single afternoon at the recorder's window. For most Helena residents, same-day bulk transfers of this kind are unusual enough to notice. For the Steed family, the records suggest it was just another Tuesday — or rather, Monday, May 19. No transaction raised red flags with county officials, and warranty deeds of this type are a routine estate-planning and asset-transfer tool. But the sheer volume of coverage this week makes one thing clear: when a single entity moves this much local real estate at once, people pay attention.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:48

Susanna R. Steed transferred four Lewis and Clark County properties to three individuals on May 19, recording all four deeds on the same day — a move that stands out even against a lengthy history of property activity tied to her name in local records.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed recorded four separate property deeds in Lewis and Clark County on May 19, transferring real estate to three individuals sharing her last name and one outside the family — a same-day cluster that stands out even against her already substantial footprint in local property records.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day at Lewis and Clark Recorder's Office

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed transferred four separate Lewis and Clark County properties to three individuals — all bearing the Steed surname — on the same day last week, a pattern in the recorder's office that suggests a deliberate redistribution of a substantial family real estate portfolio.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties in Single Day, Records Show Pattern of Extensive Local Holdings

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Susanna R. Steed recorded four separate property transfers in Lewis and Clark County on May 19, 2026, conveying real estate to three individuals sharing her last name and one outside party — a cluster of transactions that caps what public records show is one of the more active individual property footprints in the Helena area.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed transferred four Lewis and Clark County properties to three family members on the same day last week, recording all four warranty deeds on May 19 in what public records suggest is a significant reshuffling of a substantial local real estate portfolio.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties in Single Day, Capping Years of Lewis and Clark County Activity

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Susanna R. Steed transferred four separate Lewis and Clark County properties on the same day last month, signing deeds to three family members and one outside party in a coordinated move recorded May 19. The transfers add to a substantial history of property activity: public records show Steed's name appearing in 29 filings tied to 16 distinct properties across deed, capital flow, and development records in the county.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Helena Properties to Family Members in Single Day

5 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

One of Lewis and Clark County's more active property holders moved four parcels out of her name Monday, recording back-to-back deeds that transferred properties to three individuals sharing her last name and one outside buyer — all on the same date.

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Property Records Tell a Story: Lewis and Clark County Sees Wave of Same-Day Family Transfers

edition · 09:01

Three separate households recorded multi-property transfers in Lewis and Clark County within days of each other, and the pattern is hard to ignore. Susanna Steed moved four properties to family members in a single day of recording — and that story ran, in slightly different form, three times this week, suggesting editors kept finding new angles worth flagging. Nancy Dulac filed three deeds on May 18, shifting holdings to herself, a family member, and into an irrevocable trust. The Bohlman family — Leland and Vikki — recorded four transactions on the same day as well, also appearing twice in the week's coverage. Estate planning attorneys will tell you this kind of clustering is common when families act on long-delayed advice, often prompted by tax law changes or a health event. But the volume here — four separate multi-deed filings across essentially one week of courthouse records — is notable. Lewis and Clark County residents who haven't reviewed their own property titles recently might take this as a nudge. Lewis and Clark County was the second most-mentioned entity in this week's coverage with 94 references.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed recorded four property transfers in Lewis and Clark County on May 19, distributing parcels to three individuals sharing her last name and one outside recipient — a cluster of deeds that adds to a years-long pattern of activity in the local real estate record.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties in Single Day, Capping Years of Lewis and Clark County Filings

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:48

Susanna R. Steed transferred four separate properties in Lewis and Clark County on the same day last week, recording deeds to three individuals who share her last name and one who does not — a flurry of activity that caps what public records show has been years of significant real estate involvement in the Helena area.

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Susanna Steed Transfers Four Properties to Family Members in Single Day of Recording

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Susanna R. Steed transferred four Lewis and Clark County properties to three individuals on May 19, recording all four deeds on the same day — a move that stands out even against her already substantial footprint in local property records.

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Nancy Dulac Restructures Helena-Area Holdings Across Three Recorded Deeds in Single Day

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Nancy Dulac recorded three property transfers in Lewis and Clark County on May 18, moving holdings to herself, to a family member, and into an irrevocable trust — a same-day reshuffling that suggests a deliberate estate or asset-planning reorganization tied to at least four distinct local properties.

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Bohlman Family Transfers Four Properties in Single Day of Lewis and Clark County Filings

4 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:46

Leland and Vikki Bohlman recorded four property transactions on the same day last week, transferring interests in multiple Lewis and Clark County parcels to family members — and retaining at least one property in their own names — in what public records show is part of a broader pattern of activity spanning seven filings across four distinct properties.

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Bohlman Family Records Four Property Transfers in Single Day at Lewis and Clark Courthouse

3 sources · lc recorder: property transfers · 06:47

Leland and Vikki Bohlman recorded four property deeds in Lewis and Clark County on the same day last week, transferring interests in multiple Helena-area properties — including two transfers to family members — in what public records suggest is a deliberate restructuring of a long-held real estate portfolio.