70-16-201. Owner of land bounded by water, MCA
  1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 16
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-16-201 Owner of land bounded by water

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 16. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INCIDENTAL TO OWNERSHIP IN REAL PROPERTY

Part 2. Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences

Owner Of Land Bounded By Water

70-16-201. Owner of land bounded by water. Except where the grant under which the land is held indicates a different intent, the owner of the land, when it borders upon a navigable lake or stream, takes to the edge of the lake or stream at low-water mark; when it borders upon any other water, the owner takes to the middle of the lake or stream.

History: En. Sec. 1291, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4529, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6771, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 830; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 267; re-en. Sec. 6771, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-712.