70-5-102. Finder not bound to take charge -- status as depositary. A person who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it, but if the person does, the person is a depositary for the owner, with the rights and obligations of a depositary for hire.
History: En. Sec. 2520, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5178, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7685, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1864; Field Civ. C. Sec. 938; re-en. Sec. 7685, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-401; amd. Sec. 2070, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. Rights and Duties of Finders Generally
70-5-101. Nonapplicability to things abandoned
70-5-102. Finder not bound to take charge -- status as depositary
70-5-103. Duty to inform owner when known
70-5-104. Right of finder to require proof of claimant's ownership
70-5-105. Compensation of finder
70-5-106. Exoneration of finder by storage of thing found
70-5-107. Exoneration of owner by surrender of thing to finder