Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     77-2-334. Assignment of certificate. Certificates of purchase may be assigned to a citizen of the United States or to a person who has declared his intention to become a citizen or to a corporation organized under the laws of this state. Such assignments shall be made on forms prescribed by the department, shall be duly acknowledged as other conveyances of real estate, and shall be executed in duplicate, one copy to be filed and retained in the office of the department and one copy to be retained by the assignee. A person is not qualified to receive an assignment if the lands he has already purchased from the state together with the lands included in the assignment exceed one section. The assignee must in all respects possess the same qualifications as an original purchaser.

     History: En. Sec. 90, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.90, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-926.

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