Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 31. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES

Part 1. General

Validation Of Fiduciary Sales

72-31-103. Validation of fiduciary sales. All sales, provided no action is pending on July 1, 1973, to set aside such deed or conveyance, by trustees, executors, administrators, and guardians which previous to January 1, 1973, were made to purchasers for a valuable consideration, which consideration has been paid by such purchasers in good faith, and such sales shall not have been set aside by the district or probate court having jurisdiction thereof, shall be sufficient to sustain a trustee's, executor's, administrator's, or guardian's deed or conveyance to such purchaser and, in case such deed or conveyance shall not have been given, shall entitle such purchaser to such deed or conveyance; and such deed or conveyance, if executed on July 1, 1973, or when executed, shall be sufficient to convey to such purchaser all the title that such beneficiary, decedent, or ward had in said real or personal property; and all irregularities in obtaining the order of the court for such sale and all irregularities or defects in making or conducting such sale by said trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian shall be disregarded, and such sale shall not be invalidated by reason of any such defect or irregularity.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 81, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-4328.