70-26-206. Rights of tenant for years or at will. (1) A tenant for years or at will, unless the tenant is a wrongdoer by holding over, may occupy the buildings, take the annual products of the soil, and work mines and quarries open at the commencement of the tenancy and may cultivate and harvest the crops growing at the end of the tenancy.
(2) A tenant for years or at will has no other rights to the property than those given to the tenant by the agreement or instrument by which the tenancy is acquired or by subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to arrangements governed by Title 70, chapter 24.
History: (1)En. Sec. 1271, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4519, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6761, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 819; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 258; re-en. Sec. 6761, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 67-702, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1272, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4520, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6762, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 820; Field Civ. C. Sec. 259; re-en. Sec. 6762, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 67-703, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 67-702, 67-703; (3)En. Sec. 19, Ch. 115, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2191, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 26. Landlord and Tenant Residential and Commercial
70-26-201. Term of lease when none specified
70-26-202. Rent -- when payable
70-26-203. Failure of lessor to repair -- lessee's remedies
70-26-204. Renewal of lease by lessee's continued possession
70-26-205. Notice required to terminate lease