1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-1-202 Property of the state -- what included

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL REAL AND PERSONAL

Part 2. General Rights of State Over Property

Property Of The State -- What Included

70-1-202. Property of the state -- what included. The state is the owner of:

(1) all land below the water of a navigable lake or stream;

(2) all property lawfully appropriated by it to its own use;

(3) all property dedicated or granted to the state; and

(4) all property of which there is no other owner.

History: En. Sec. 1091, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4432, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6674, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 670; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 169; re-en. Sec. 6674, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-302.