1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 18
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-18-201 Alluvion or accretion -- increase of bank

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 18. REAL PROPERTY -- ACCESSION FIXTURES AND WATERCOURSES

Part 2. Watercourses

Alluvion Or Accretion -- Increase Of Bank

70-18-201. Alluvion or accretion -- increase of bank. Where from natural causes land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, navigable or not navigable, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, subject to any existing right-of-way over the bank.

History: En. Sec. 1401, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4573, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6820, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1014; Field Civ. C. Sec. 443; re-en. Sec. 6820, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1302.