Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 3. Trusts for Unlocatable Mineral Owners

Filing Of Addresses

82-1-306. Filing of addresses. (1) Upon the payment of a $5 fee, a person claiming an interest in minerals underlying a tract of land that is the subject of a trust proceeding under 82-1-302 may file with the clerk and recorder of each county in which the land is located a notice containing the person's address and a description of the person's interest in the minerals. Filing the notice creates a rebuttable presumption that the person owns the interest claimed.

(2) The clerk and recorder shall forward a copy of the notice to the trustee of the trust.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 513, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 126, L. 1997.