Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 24. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act of 1977

Part 1. General Provisions

70-24-101. Short title - 70-24-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as "The...

70-24-102. Purposes -- liberal construction to promote - 70-24-102. Purposes -- liberal construction to promote. (1) This chapter...

70-24-103. General definitions - 70-24-103. General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent...

70-24-104. Exclusions from application of chapter - 70-24-104. Exclusions from application of chapter. Unless created to avoid...

70-24-105. Supplementary principles of law applicable - 70-24-105. Supplementary principles of law applicable. Unless displaced by the...

70-24-106. Construction against implicit repeal - 70-24-106. Construction against implicit repeal. No part of this chapter...

70-24-107. Territorial application - 70-24-107. Territorial application. This chapter applies to, regulates, and determines...

70-24-108. What constitutes notice - 70-24-108. What constitutes notice. (1) A person has notice of...

70-24-109. Obligation of good faith - 70-24-109. Obligation of good faith. Every duty under this chapter...

70-24-110. Landlords and tenants -- no firearm prohibition allowed - 70-24-110. Landlords and tenants -- no firearm prohibition allowed. A...

70-24-111. Notice of no contact - 70-24-111. Notice of no contact. (1) Except as provided in...

70-24-112. Application of security deposit laws - 70-24-112. Application of security deposit laws. The provisions of this...

70-24-113. Removal of unauthorized person or trespasser - 70-24-113. Removal of unauthorized person or trespasser. (1) An unauthorized...

Part 2. Rental Agreements

70-24-201. Rental agreement -- terms and conditions - 70-24-201. Rental agreement -- terms and conditions. (1) A landlord...

70-24-202. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements - 70-24-202. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. A rental agreement may...

70-24-203. Agreement not to permit receipt of rent free of obligation - 70-24-203. Agreement not to permit receipt of rent free of...

70-24-204. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement - 70-24-204. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. (1) If...

70-24-205. Extension of written rental agreements - 70-24-205. Extension of written rental agreements. If the landlord and...

Part 3. Rights and Duties of the Parties

70-24-301. Duty to disclose name of person responsible - 70-24-301. Duty to disclose name of person responsible. (1) A...

70-24-302. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit - 70-24-302. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. (1) At...

70-24-303. Landlord to maintain premises -- agreement that tenant perform duties -- limitation of landlord's liability for failure of smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector - 70-24-303. (Temporary) Landlord to maintain premises -- agreement that tenant...

70-24-304. Transfer of premises or termination of management -- relief from liability - 70-24-304. Transfer of premises or termination of management -- relief...

70-24-305. Transfer of premises by tenant - 70-24-305. Transfer of premises by tenant. A tenant who vacates...

70-24-306. through 70-24-310 reserved - 70-24-306 through 70-24-310 reserved.

70-24-311. Landlord authorized to adopt rules - 70-24-311. Landlord authorized to adopt rules. (1) A landlord may...

70-24-312. Access to premises by landlord - 70-24-312. Access to premises by landlord. (1) A tenant may...

70-24-313. Repealed - 70-24-313. Repealed. Sec. 52, Ch. 267, L. 2007. History: En....

70-24-314. Resident associations -- meetings - 70-24-314. Resident associations -- meetings. The membership of a resident...

70-24-315. Repealed - 70-24-315. Repealed. Sec. 52, Ch. 267, L. 2007. History: En....

70-24-316. through 70-24-320 reserved - 70-24-316 through 70-24-320 reserved.

70-24-321. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit - 70-24-321. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. (1) A tenant shall:...

70-24-322. Tenant to occupy as dwelling unit only -- extended absence - 70-24-322. Tenant to occupy as dwelling unit only -- extended...

Part 4. Remedies

70-24-401. Administration of remedies -- enforcement - 70-24-401. Administration of remedies -- enforcement. (1) The remedies provided...

70-24-402. Settlement of disputed claim or right - 70-24-402. Settlement of disputed claim or right. A claim or...

70-24-403. Prohibited provision in rental agreement -- unenforceability -- damages - 70-24-403. Prohibited provision in rental agreement -- unenforceability -- damages....

70-24-404. Unconscionability -- court discretion to refuse enforcement - 70-24-404. Unconscionability -- court discretion to refuse enforcement. (1) Except...

70-24-405. Failure of landlord to deliver possession -- tenant's remedies - 70-24-405. Failure of landlord to deliver possession -- tenant's remedies....

70-24-406. Failure of landlord to maintain premises -- tenant's remedies - 70-24-406. Failure of landlord to maintain premises -- tenant's remedies....

70-24-407. Damages for minor violations by landlord - 70-24-407. Damages for minor violations by landlord. If the landlord...

70-24-408. Purposeful or negligent failure to provide essential services -- tenant's remedies - 70-24-408. Purposeful or negligent failure to provide essential services --...

70-24-409. Fire or casualty damage -- rights of tenant - 70-24-409. Fire or casualty damage -- rights of tenant. (1)...

70-24-410. Unlawful or unreasonable entry by landlord -- tenant's remedies - 70-24-410. Unlawful or unreasonable entry by landlord -- tenant's remedies....

70-24-411. Unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service -- tenant's remedies - 70-24-411. Unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service -- tenant's...

70-24-412. through 70-24-420 reserved - 70-24-412 through 70-24-420 reserved.

70-24-421. Action for nonpayment of rent -- tenant's counterclaim - 70-24-421. Action for nonpayment of rent -- tenant's counterclaim. (1)...

70-24-422. Noncompliance of tenant generally -- landlord's right of termination -- damages -- injunction - 70-24-422. Noncompliance of tenant generally -- landlord's right of termination...

70-24-423. Waiver of landlord's right to terminate for breach - 70-24-423. Waiver of landlord's right to terminate for breach. Acceptance...

70-24-424. Refusal of access -- landlord's remedies - 70-24-424. Refusal of access -- landlord's remedies. (1) If the...

70-24-425. Failure of tenant to maintain dwelling -- landlord's right to enter and repair - 70-24-425. Failure of tenant to maintain dwelling -- landlord's right...

70-24-426. Remedies for absence or abandonment - 70-24-426. Remedies for absence or abandonment. (1) If the rental...

70-24-427. Landlord's remedies after termination -- action for possession - 70-24-427. Landlord's remedies after termination -- action for possession. (1)...

70-24-428. Landlord's recovery of possession limited - 70-24-428. Landlord's recovery of possession limited. Except in the case...

70-24-429. Holdover remedies -- consent to continued occupancy -- tenant's response to service in action for possession - 70-24-429. Holdover remedies -- consent to continued occupancy -- tenant's...

70-24-430. Disposition of personal property abandoned by tenant after termination - 70-24-430. Disposition of personal property abandoned by tenant after termination....

70-24-431. Retaliatory conduct by landlord prohibited - 70-24-431. Retaliatory conduct by landlord prohibited. (1) Except as provided...

70-24-432. Repealed - 70-24-432. Repealed. Sec. 52, Ch. 267, L. 2007. History: En....

70-24-433. through 70-24-435 reserved - 70-24-433 through 70-24-435 reserved.

70-24-436. Repealed - 70-24-436. Repealed. Sec. 52, Ch. 267, L. 2007. History: En....

70-24-437. through 70-24-440 reserved - 70-24-437 through 70-24-440 reserved.

70-24-441. Termination by landlord or tenant - 70-24-441. Termination by landlord or tenant. (1) The landlord or...

70-24-442. Attorney fees -- costs - 70-24-442. Attorney fees -- costs. (1) In an action on...