Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal

70-1-101. Property defined -- ownership - 70-1-101. Property defined -- ownership. The ownership of a thing...

70-1-102. Ownership public or private -- state as private proprietor - 70-1-102. Ownership public or private -- state as private proprietor....

70-1-103. Owner entitled to products and accessions - 70-1-103. Owner entitled to products and accessions. The owner of...

70-1-104. In what things property interests may exist - 70-1-104. In what things property interests may exist. There may...

70-1-105. Real or personal - 70-1-105. Real or personal. Property is either: (1) real or...

70-1-106. Real property defined - 70-1-106. Real property defined. Real or immovable property consists of:...

70-1-107. Choice of law as to real property - 70-1-107. Choice of law as to real property. Real property...

70-1-108. Personal property defined - 70-1-108. Personal property defined. Every kind of property that is...

70-1-109. Choice of law as to personal property - 70-1-109. Choice of law as to personal property. If there...

70-1-110. How property acquired - 70-1-110. How property acquired. Property is acquired by: (1) occupancy;...

Part 2. General Rights of State Over Property

70-1-201. Original and ultimate title - 70-1-201. Original and ultimate title. The original and ultimate right...

70-1-202. Property of the state -- what included - 70-1-202. Property of the state -- what included. The state...

70-1-203. Escheat - 70-1-203. Escheat. Whenever the title to any property fails for...

70-1-204. Acquisition by taxation - 70-1-204. Acquisition by taxation. The state or any county thereof...

70-1-205. Eminent domain - 70-1-205. Eminent domain. The state may acquire or authorize others...

Part 3. Kinds of Ownership Interests

70-1-301. Interests in real property specially named elsewhere - 70-1-301. Interests in real property specially named elsewhere. In respect...

70-1-302. Ownership -- absolute or qualified - 70-1-302. Ownership -- absolute or qualified. The ownership of property...

70-1-303. When ownership absolute - 70-1-303. When ownership absolute. The ownership of property is absolute...

70-1-304. When ownership qualified - 70-1-304. When ownership qualified. The ownership of property is qualified...

70-1-305. Ownership by single person - 70-1-305. Ownership by single person. The ownership of property by...

70-1-306. Ownership by several persons -- types - 70-1-306. Ownership by several persons -- types. The ownership of...

70-1-307. Joint interest defined - 70-1-307. Joint interest defined. A joint interest is one owned...

70-1-308. Safe deposit box -- joint tenancy - 70-1-308. Safe deposit box -- joint tenancy. When so specified...

70-1-309. Repealed - 70-1-309. Repealed. Sec. 134, Ch. 494, L. 1993. History: En....

70-1-310. Action by or against joint tenants or tenants in common - 70-1-310. Action by or against joint tenants or tenants in...

70-1-311. Repealed - 70-1-311. Repealed. Sec. 315, Ch. 42, L. 1997. History: En....

70-1-312. Partnership interest defined - 70-1-312. Partnership interest defined. A partnership interest is one owned...

70-1-313. Interest in common defined - 70-1-313. Interest in common defined. An interest in common is...

70-1-314. Interest in common -- how created - 70-1-314. Interest in common -- how created. Every interest created...

70-1-315. Interest as to time of enjoyment - 70-1-315. Interest as to time of enjoyment. In respect to...

70-1-316. Present interest -- to what entitles owner - 70-1-316. Present interest -- to what entitles owner. A present...

70-1-317. Future interest -- to what entitles owner - 70-1-317. Future interest -- to what entitles owner. A future...

70-1-318. What future interests recognized - 70-1-318. What future interests recognized. No future interest in property...

70-1-319. Mere possibility not an interest - 70-1-319. Mere possibility not an interest. A mere possibility, such...

70-1-320. Perpetual interest -- duration - 70-1-320. Perpetual interest -- duration. A perpetual interest has a...

70-1-321. Limited interest -- duration - 70-1-321. Limited interest -- duration. A limited interest has a...

70-1-322. Kinds of future interests - 70-1-322. Kinds of future interests. A future interest is either:...

70-1-323. Future interest -- when vested - 70-1-323. Future interest -- when vested. A future interest is...

70-1-324. Future interest -- when contingent - 70-1-324. Future interest -- when contingent. A future interest is...

70-1-325. Two or more alternative future interests - 70-1-325. Two or more alternative future interests. Two or more...

70-1-326. Future interests -- how passed - 70-1-326. Future interests -- how passed. Future interests pass by...

Part 4. Conditions and Limitations of Ownership

70-1-401. Fixing time of enjoyment -- computation -- condition - 70-1-401. Fixing time of enjoyment -- computation -- condition. The...

70-1-402. Kinds of conditions - 70-1-402. Kinds of conditions. Conditions are precedent or subsequent. The...

70-1-403. Condition precedent requiring wrongful act - 70-1-403. Condition precedent requiring wrongful act. If a condition precedent...

70-1-404. Conditions restraining marriage void - 70-1-404. Conditions restraining marriage void. Conditions imposing restraints upon marriage,...

70-1-405. Conditions restraining alienation void - 70-1-405. Conditions restraining alienation void. Conditions restraining alienation, when repugnant...

70-1-406. Repealed - 70-1-406. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-407. Repealed - 70-1-407. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-408. Repealed - 70-1-408. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-409. Repealed - 70-1-409. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-410. Repealed - 70-1-410. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-411. Repealed - 70-1-411. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-412. Repealed - 70-1-412. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-413. Repealed - 70-1-413. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-414. Repealed - 70-1-414. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-415. Repealed - 70-1-415. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-416. Repealed - 70-1-416. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-417. Repealed - 70-1-417. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-418. Repealed - 70-1-418. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1989. History: En....

70-1-419. Future interest not void for improbable contingency - 70-1-419. Future interest not void for improbable contingency. A future...

70-1-420. Future interest limited to class -- posthumous children - 70-1-420. Future interest limited to class -- posthumous children. When...

70-1-421. Future interest subject to defeat -- how -- not void - 70-1-421. Future interest subject to defeat -- how -- not...

70-1-422. Future interest contingent on death without children -- how defeated - 70-1-422. Future interest contingent on death without children -- how...

70-1-423. Future interest not defeated by destruction of other interest - 70-1-423. Future interest not defeated by destruction of other interest....

70-1-424. Future contingent interest -- termination of precedent interest - 70-1-424. Future contingent interest -- termination of precedent interest. No...

Part 5. Transfer of Property Grants and Their Interpretation

70-1-501. Transfer defined - 70-1-501. Transfer defined. Transfer is an act of the parties...

70-1-502. Voluntary transfer -- applicability of contract rules - 70-1-502. Voluntary transfer -- applicability of contract rules. A voluntary...

70-1-503. What may be transferred - 70-1-503. What may be transferred. Property of any kind may...

70-1-504. Possibility not transferable - 70-1-504. Possibility not transferable. A mere possibility not coupled with...

70-1-505. Right of reentry or repossession transferable - 70-1-505. Right of reentry or repossession transferable. A right of...

70-1-506. Oral transfer permitted - 70-1-506. Oral transfer permitted. A transfer may be made without...

70-1-507. Grant defined - 70-1-507. Grant defined. A transfer in writing is called a...

70-1-508. Delivery of grant necessary - 70-1-508. Delivery of grant necessary. A grant takes effect so...

70-1-509. Presumption of delivery - 70-1-509. Presumption of delivery. A grant duly executed is presumed...

70-1-510. Delivery to grantee necessarily absolute - 70-1-510. Delivery to grantee necessarily absolute. A grant cannot be...

70-1-511. Delivery in escrow - 70-1-511. Delivery in escrow. A grant may be deposited by...

70-1-512. Constructive delivery - 70-1-512. Constructive delivery. Though a grant is not actually delivered...

70-1-513. Grants -- how interpreted generally - 70-1-513. Grants -- how interpreted generally. Grants are to be...

70-1-514. Clear limitation not controlled by other words - 70-1-514. Clear limitation not controlled by other words. A clear...

70-1-515. Recitals -- when resorted to - 70-1-515. Recitals -- when resorted to. If the operative words...

70-1-516. Interpretation against grantor -- exception - 70-1-516. Interpretation against grantor -- exception. A grant is to...

70-1-517. Irreconcilable provisions - 70-1-517. Irreconcilable provisions. If several parts of a grant are...

70-1-518. Meaning of heirs and issue in certain remainders - 70-1-518. Meaning of heirs and issue in certain remainders. When...

70-1-519. Transfer vests title - 70-1-519. Transfer vests title. A transfer vests in the transferee...

70-1-520. Transfer of incidents - 70-1-520. Transfer of incidents. The transfer of a thing transfers...

70-1-521. Grant may inure to benefit of stranger - 70-1-521. Grant may inure to benefit of stranger. Except as...

70-1-522. Certain restrictions on political free speech contrary to public policy -- enforcement prohibited -- definitions - 70-1-522. Certain restrictions on political free speech contrary to public...

Part 6. Rentals -- Hiring (Repealed)

70-1-601. Repealed - 70-1-601. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-602. Repealed - 70-1-602. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-603. Repealed - 70-1-603. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-604. Repealed - 70-1-604. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-605. Repealed - 70-1-605. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-606. Repealed - 70-1-606. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-607. Repealed - 70-1-607. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-608. Repealed - 70-1-608. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-609. Repealed - 70-1-609. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-610. Repealed - 70-1-610. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

70-1-611. Repealed - 70-1-611. Repealed. Sec. 230, Ch. 410, L. 1991. History: En....

Part 7. Gifts and Devises to Estates

70-1-701. Purpose - 70-1-701. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to...

70-1-702. Estate defined - 70-1-702. Estate defined. The word "estate" as used in this...

70-1-703. Conveyances to an estate - 70-1-703. Conveyances to an estate. Unless a contrary intention appears,...

70-1-704. Repealed - 70-1-704. Repealed. Sec. 40, Ch. 293, L. 2015. History: En....

Part 8. Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities (Renumbered)

70-1-801. Renumbered 72-2-1001 - 70-1-801. Renumbered 72-2-1001. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-802. Renumbered 72-2-1002 - 70-1-802. Renumbered 72-2-1002. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-803. Renumbered 72-2-1003 - 70-1-803. Renumbered 72-2-1003. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-804. Renumbered 72-2-1004 - 70-1-804. Renumbered 72-2-1004. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-805. Renumbered 72-2-1005 - 70-1-805. Renumbered 72-2-1005. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-806. Renumbered 72-2-1006 - 70-1-806. Renumbered 72-2-1006. Code Commissioner, 1993.

70-1-807. Renumbered 72-2-1007 - 70-1-807. Renumbered 72-2-1007. Code Commissioner, 1993.

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Montana Code Annotated Title 70. Property Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal

Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal