1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 20
  4. Part 3
  5. 70-20-306 Responsibility of heirs of covenantor -- certain warranties abolished

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 20. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY

Part 3. Effect of Transfer

Responsibility Of Heirs Of Covenantor -- Certain Warranties Abolished

70-20-306. Responsibility of heirs of covenantor -- certain warranties abolished. Lineal and collateral warrants, with all their incidents, are abolished, but the heirs and devisees of every person who has made any covenant or agreement in reference to the title of, in, or to any real property are, except as provided in 70-1-522, answerable upon the covenant or agreement to the extent of the land descended or devised to them in the cases and in the manner prescribed by law.

History: En. Sec. 49, p. 487, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 49, p. 403, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 226, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 284, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1521, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4629, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6876, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1115; re-en. Sec. 6876, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1618; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 307, L. 2009.