72-16-505. Attorney not required for transfer of title -- maximum attorney's fee. (1) If a decedent as defined in 72-16-502 leaves a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is not required to hire an attorney to transfer title to the property involved.
     (2) If an attorney is hired by the surviving spouse, the attorney's fee for services required in terminating a joint tenancy or transferring other types of ownership listed in 72-16-502 may not exceed 2% of the value of the interest passing to the spouse.

     History: En. 91-4473 by Sec. 4, Ch. 409, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 91-4473.