70-1-510. Delivery to grantee necessarily absolute. A grant cannot be delivered to the grantee conditionally. Delivery to the grantee or to the grantee's agent is necessarily absolute, and the instrument takes effect upon delivery, discharged of any condition on which the delivery is made.
History: En. Sec. 1454, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4598, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6845, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1056; Field Civ. C. Sec. 467; re-en. Sec. 6845, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1511; amd. Sec. 2055, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal
Part 5. Transfer of Property Grants and Their Interpretation
70-1-502. Voluntary transfer -- applicability of contract rules
70-1-503. What may be transferred
70-1-504. Possibility not transferable
70-1-505. Right of reentry or repossession transferable
70-1-506. Oral transfer permitted
70-1-508. Delivery of grant necessary
70-1-509. Presumption of delivery
70-1-510. Delivery to grantee necessarily absolute
70-1-512. Constructive delivery
70-1-513. Grants -- how interpreted generally
70-1-514. Clear limitation not controlled by other words
70-1-515. Recitals -- when resorted to
70-1-516. Interpretation against grantor -- exception
70-1-517. Irreconcilable provisions
70-1-518. Meaning of heirs and issue in certain remainders
70-1-519. Transfer vests title
70-1-520. Transfer of incidents