1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 16
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-16-204 Trees on or near boundary

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

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

Part 2. Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences

Trees On Or Near Boundary

70-16-204. Trees on or near boundary. (1) Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of two or more coterminous owners belong to them in common.

(2) Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of one owner belong exclusively to that landowner, although their roots grow into the land of another.

History: En. Secs. 1294, 1295, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 4532, 4533, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 6774, 6775, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Secs. 833, 834; Field Civ. C. Secs. 270, 271; re-en. Secs. 6774, 6775, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-715, 67-716; amd. Sec. 2121, Ch. 56, L. 2009.