Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     70-28-213. Recording of notice by plaintiff and defendant. (1) The plaintiff must, at the time of filing the complaint, and every defendant to claim or claiming any affirmative relief must, at the time of filing his answer, record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the property is situated a notice of the pendency of the action containing the object of the action or the defense and a particular description of the property affected thereby.
     (2) The clerk and recorder shall record the same in a book of the miscellaneous records of his office and make a reference as to the date and time of the filing of such notice and, when recorded, to the book and page record thereof.

     History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 15, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 9509, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9509, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-6233.

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