Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Limitations and Adverse Possession
70-19-410. Claim of title not founded on instrument or judgment -- what considered occupation

70-19-410. Claim of title not founded on instrument or judgment -- what considered occupation. For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument, judgment, or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only:
(1) where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure;
(2) where it has been usually cultivated or improved.
History: En. Sec. 7, p. 467, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 7, p. 516, Cod. Stat. 1871; amd. Sec. 36, p. 47, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 36, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 36, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 490, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6439, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9022, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 325; re-en. Sec. 9022, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2511.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

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