Montana § 1-1-205 Terms Relating To Property And Decedents' Estates

Montana Statutes

§ 1-1-205 — Terms Relating To Property And Decedents' Estates

Montana § 1-1-205

Title 1GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 2General Definitions of Terms Used in Code

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 1-1-205 (2026).

Text

1-1-205 . Terms relating to property and decedents' estates. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in the Montana Code Annotated:

(1)"Personal property" means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.

(2)"Pledge", "mortgage", "conditional sale", "lien", "assignment", and like terms, when used in referring to a security interest in personal property, include a corresponding type of security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions.

(3)"Property" means real and personal property.

(4)"Real property" means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands.

(5)"Will" includes codicils.

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1-1-205 . Terms relating to property and decedents' estates. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in the Montana Code Annotated:
(1) "Personal property" means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
(2) "Pledge", "mortgage", "conditional sale", "lien", "assignment", and like terms, when used in referring to a security interest in personal property, include a corresponding type of security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions.
(3) "Property" means real and personal property.
(4) "Real property" means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands.
(5) "Will" includes codicils.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 16, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 16, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 17; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 11-114, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 19-103(part), (1), (2), (3), (8), (26).