1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 20
  4. Part 3
  5. 70-20-302 After-acquired title to pass by operation of law

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 20. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY

Part 3. Effect of Transfer

After-Acquired Title To Pass By Operation Of Law

70-20-302. After-acquired title to pass by operation of law. When a person purports by proper instrument to grant real property in fee simple and subsequently acquires any title or claim of title to the real property, the real property passes by operation of law to the grantee or the grantee's successors.

History: En. Sec. 32, p. 401, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 209, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 267, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1512, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4620, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6867, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1106; re-en. Sec. 6867, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1609; amd. Sec. 2146, Ch. 56, L. 2009.