Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Limitations and Adverse Possession
70-19-403. When action on claim by entry must be commenced

70-19-403. When action on claim by entry must be commenced. No entry upon real estate is deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action be commenced thereupon within 1 year after making such entry and within 5 years from the time when the right to make it descended or accrued.
History: En. Sec. 3, p. 466, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 3, p. 515, Cod. Stat. 1871; amd. Sec. 31, p. 46, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 31, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 31, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 485, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6434, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9017, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 320; re-en. Sec. 9017, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 224, L. 1953; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2506.

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Montana Code Annotated

Title 70. Property

Chapter 19. Real Property Actions Generally Limitations and Adverse Possession

Part 4. Limitations and Adverse Possession

70-19-401. Action for recovery -- possession within 5 years required

70-19-402. Action or defense arising out of title to property or profits -- possession within 5 years required

70-19-403. When action on claim by entry must be commenced

70-19-404. Presumption of possession within prescribed period -- adverse possession as exception

70-19-405. Title by prescription

70-19-406. Simple occupancy

70-19-407. Occupancy under claim founded on instrument or judgment -- when considered adverse

70-19-408. Claim founded on instrument or judgment -- what considered possession and occupation

70-19-409. Actual occupancy under claim of title not founded on instrument or judgment -- adverse

70-19-410. Claim of title not founded on instrument or judgment -- what considered occupation

70-19-411. Occupancy and payment of taxes necessary to prove adverse possession

70-19-412. Relation of landlord and tenant as affecting adverse possession

70-19-413. Certain disabilities to suspend running of statutory period

70-19-414. Right of possession not affected by descent cast

70-19-415. through 70-19-420 reserved

70-19-421. Action to recover royalty interest in land sold for taxes

70-19-422. through 70-19-425 reserved

70-19-426. Residential construction disputes -- definitions

70-19-427. Residential construction disputes -- limitation on consumer protection actions -- notice and opportunity to repair -- tolling of statute of limitations -- presumption of compliance with construction standards

70-19-428. Construction defect disputes -- damages