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.
The deed, recorded in Book M65 at Page 5086 of the Lewis and Clark County records, transferred Lots 16 and 17 of Block 2 in Alpine Meadows from James Bosshardt to Jarrell. The mortgage, recorded on the following page, lists Mortgage Research Center LLC and Veterans United Home Loans as the lending parties, with Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. named as nominee — the standard structure for a VA loan.
The homestead declaration, filed the same afternoon, covers both lots under Certificate of Survey 184514. Under Montana law, a declaration of homestead protects a primary residence from certain creditor claims, and filing it on closing day is a straightforward move for a buyer who plans to live on the property rather than rent or flip it.
Public records flag Jarrell as a possible out-of-state buyer, though the homestead filing complicates that picture — you can only claim a Montana homestead on a Montana primary residence. Alpine Meadows sits on Helena's west side, a quiet subdivision of single-family homes popular with buyers looking for more square footage than the older neighborhoods closer to Last Chance Gulch tend to offer.
The transaction is among four filings tied to three distinct properties that appear under Jarrell's name in Lewis and Clark County records, though the other two properties were not detailed in records reviewed for this story.