Montana § 70-20-109 Change Of Owner's Name After Acquisition -- Later Conveyance To Include Former Name

Montana Statutes

§ 70-20-109 — Change Of Owner's Name After Acquisition -- Later Conveyance To Include Former Name

Montana § 70-20-109

Title 70PROPERTY

Ch. 20TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY

Part 1Method of Transfer

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 70-20-109 (2026).

Text

70-20-109 . Change of owner's name after acquisition -- later conveyance to include former name. A person in whom the title of real estate is vested, who afterwards from any cause has the person's name changed, shall, in any conveyances of the real estate, set forth the name in which the person derived title to the real estate, and a failure to comply with the provisions of this section subjects the person to a penalty of $50, to be collected by the county attorney of the county in which the real estate is situated and paid by the person into the treasury of the county for the benefit of the common schools of the county.

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70-20-109 . Change of owner's name after acquisition -- later conveyance to include former name. A person in whom the title of real estate is vested, who afterwards from any cause has the person's name changed, shall, in any conveyances of the real estate, set forth the name in which the person derived title to the real estate, and a failure to comply with the provisions of this section subjects the person to a penalty of $50, to be collected by the county attorney of the county in which the real estate is situated and paid by the person into the treasury of the county for the benefit of the common schools of the county.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1505, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4617, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6864, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1096; re-en. Sec. 6864, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1606; amd. Sec. 2144, Ch. 56, L. 2009.