70-22-208. Public land survey description to prevail. Whenever coordinates based on the Montana coordinate system are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line, or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 232, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 67-2018; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 137, L. 1987.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 22. Corner Recordation Act Surveys and Coordinates
Part 2. Montana Coordinate System
70-22-201. Coordinate systems adopted -- designation -- division of state into zones
70-22-202. Designation of system by zone
70-22-203. Use of x- and y-coordinates
70-22-204. Description of location
70-22-205. Technical description of zones
70-22-206. Conformity to standards required for use of coordinates in recorded instrument
70-22-207. Use of term Montana coordinate system limited
70-22-208. Public land survey description to prevail
70-22-209. Purchaser or mortgagee not required to rely on description using systems