John and Mary Boulett wrapped up a Helena property purchase in a single busy day at the Lewis and Clark County Recorder's Office on August 3, recording a warranty deed, a mortgage and a homestead declaration back to back — the kind of all-at-once closing that signals a buyer who came to Helena ready to put down roots.
The deed, recorded in Book M65 at Page 6645, transferred the property from seller S. Gauvin VI to the Bouletts. The mortgage, recorded on the following page, lists Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Company and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as lenders — a standard pairing in which MERS acts as the electronic registry for the loan. The homestead declaration, filed the same day, gives the Bouletts a layer of legal protection on the property under Montana's homestead exemption statute.
Public records suggest the Bouletts may be coming to Helena from out of state, which would put them among a steady stream of out-of-area buyers who have been drawn to the city in recent years. Filing a homestead declaration immediately after closing is a deliberate step — it's not required and it's not automatic — which suggests the couple consulted with a title company or attorney before the ink was dry.
For Helena residents watching the housing market, the transaction is a routine one, but the same-day trifecta of deed, mortgage and homestead filing shows up in the public record as four separate documents tied to three distinct filings, all timestamped August 3, 2026. The Gauvin-to-Boulett transfer is now part of the permanent chain of title in Lewis and Clark County.