Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 24. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT OF 1977

Part 3. Rights and Duties of the Parties

Transfer Of Premises Or Termination Of Management -- Relief From Liability

70-24-304. Transfer of premises or termination of management -- relief from liability. (1) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys, in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser, premises that include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the conveyance. The landlord remains liable to the tenant for all security recoverable by the tenant pursuant to Title 70, chapter 25, and all prepaid rent.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises that include a dwelling unit is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of the manager's management.

History: En. 42-421 by Sec. 21, Ch. 313, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 42-421; amd. Sec. 2173, Ch. 56, L. 2009.