1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 26
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-26-206 Rights of tenant for years or at will

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 26. LANDLORD AND TENANT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Part 2. Commercial

Rights Of Tenant For Years Or At Will

70-26-206. Rights of tenant for years or at will. (1) A tenant for years or at will, unless the tenant is a wrongdoer by holding over, may occupy the buildings, take the annual products of the soil, and work mines and quarries open at the commencement of the tenancy and may cultivate and harvest the crops growing at the end of the tenancy.

(2) A tenant for years or at will has no other rights to the property than those given to the tenant by the agreement or instrument by which the tenancy is acquired or by subsection (1).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to arrangements governed by Title 70, chapter 24.

History: (1)En. Sec. 1271, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4519, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6761, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 819; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 258; re-en. Sec. 6761, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 67-702, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1272, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4520, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6762, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 820; Field Civ. C. Sec. 259; re-en. Sec. 6762, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 67-703, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 67-702, 67-703; (3)En. Sec. 19, Ch. 115, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2191, Ch. 56, L. 2009.