Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 14. TRANSPORTATION

Part 21. General Provisions Related to County Roads

Recording Of Instruments Related To Acquisition Of Right-Of-Way

7-14-2108. Recording of instruments related to acquisition of right-of-way. (1) When a right-of-way is voluntarily given or purchased, a written instrument conveying the right-of-way and incidents to the right-of-way must be signed and acknowledged by the person making it. The instrument must then be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the land is located.

(2) When a right-of-way is condemned pursuant to Title 70, chapter 30, a certified copy of the judgment of the court must be made. The copy must then be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the land is located.

(3) Both types of instruments must particularly describe the land.

History: En. Sec. 8-212, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4012; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 125, L. 2001.