Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION

Part 9. Special Provisions Relating to Distribution

Disposition Of Unclaimed Assets -- Escheat

72-3-918. Disposition of unclaimed assets -- escheat. (1) If an heir, devisee, or claimant cannot be found, the personal representative shall distribute the missing person's share to the person's conservator, if any, otherwise to the department of revenue to be deposited in the state escheat fund as provided in Title 72, chapter 14.

(2) A person having any claim to a share deposited in the state escheat fund under the provisions of this code shall follow the procedures set out in Title 72, chapter 14, concerning escheated estates, to claim the share.

History: En. 91A-3-914 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-914; amd. Sec. 2382, Ch. 56, L. 2009.