1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 15
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-15-202 Enumeration of estates

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 15. DEFINITIONS AND KINDS OF ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY

Part 2. Classification of Interests in Real Property

Enumeration Of Estates

70-15-202. Enumeration of estates. Estates in real property, in respect to the duration of their enjoyment, are either:

(1) estates of inheritance or perpetual estates;

(2) estates for life;

(3) estates for years;

(4) estates from year to year, quarter to quarter, month to month, week to week, day to day, and for other indefinite and unascertained durations of enjoyment whatsoever, except estates or tenancies at will; or

(5) estates at will.

History: En. Sec. 1210, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4481, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6723, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 761; Field Civ. C. Sec. 218; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 6723, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-502.