Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 5. FINDERS

Part 1. Rights and Duties of Finders Generally

Right Of Finder To Require Proof Of Claimant's Ownership

70-5-104. Right of finder to require proof of claimant's ownership. The finder of a thing may in good faith before giving it up require reasonable proof of ownership from any person claiming it.

History: En. Sec. 2522, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5180, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7687, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1866; Field Civ. C. Sec. 940; re-en. Sec. 7687, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-403.