Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS

Part 6. Rules of Construction Applicable Only to Wills

Nonexoneration

72-2-617. Nonexoneration. A specific devise passes subject to any security interest existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.

History: En. 91A-2-609 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-2-609; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 494, L. 1993; Sec. 72-2-514, MCA 1991; redes. 72-2-617 by Code Commissioner, 1993.