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MT Code § 72-14-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 2. Procedure for State Acquisition of Escheatable Property|72-14-208. Sales by department of revenue and county treasurer -- how conducted

  72-14-208. Sales by department of revenue and county treasurer -- how conducted. All hereinbefore mentioned sales by the department of revenue or county treasurer must be for cash at public auction and shall be made to the highest bidder. However, the seller may reject all bids which are disproportionate to the value of the property being sold.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 156, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 72, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-508; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 628, L. 1979.
MT Code § 72-14-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 2. Procedure for State Acquisition of Escheatable Property|72-14-209. Deposit of all sums escheated -- private purpose trust fund

  72-14-209. Deposit of all sums escheated -- private purpose trust fund. All sums escheated under the provisions of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter must be delivered by the department of revenue to the state treasurer and deposited by the treasurer in the private purpose trust fund.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 170, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-502(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 628, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 5, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 34, L. 2001.
MT Code § 72-14-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 2. Procedure for State Acquisition of Escheatable Property|72-14-210. Private purpose trust fund money to be held in trust -- deposit in public school permanent fund

  72-14-210. Private purpose trust fund money to be held in trust -- deposit in public school permanent fund. Money and property placed in the private purpose trust fund must be held in trust for a period of 5 years prior to deposit in the public school permanent fund by the state treasurer. The private purpose trust is for the benefit of persons who claim property pursuant to part 3 of this chapter. A claim may be brought for an amount equal to the full amount or value of the property escheated minus the costs and expenses incident to reducing the property to the possession of the state.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 170, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-502(part); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 628, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 5, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 34, L. 2001.
MT Code § 72-14-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 3. Actions for Claim of Escheated Property|72-14-301. Filing of action -- service -- applicability of other procedural provisions

  72-14-301. Filing of action -- service -- applicability of other procedural provisions. (1) Any persons claiming property in the hands of the state treasurer must bring an action in the district court of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, against the state treasurer.   (2) In such action one copy of the complaint and summons must be served upon the state treasurer, one must be served upon the attorney general, and one must be served upon the director of revenue.   (3) Such action shall be prosecuted subject to all of the provisions of the statutes of this state in relation to civil actions generally, including the right of either party to appeal to the supreme court of the state of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-509(part).
MT Code § 72-14-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 3. Actions for Claim of Escheated Property|72-14-302. Statute of limitations

  72-14-302. Statute of limitations. Such action must be brought within 5 years from the date on which the money or property is received by the state treasurer, saving, however, to minors and persons of unsound mind or citizens of the United States beyond the limits of the United States, the right to commence their action at any time within the time limited or 5 years after their respective disabilities cease.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-509(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 628, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 2, L. 1983.
MT Code § 72-14-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 3. Actions for Claim of Escheated Property|72-14-303. Repealed

  72-14-303. Repealed. Sec. 36, Ch. 9, Sp. L. May 2000.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 184, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-509(part); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 628, L. 1979.
MT Code § 72-14-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 4. Fiduciary Deposit in Certain Cases Claims -- Escheat|72-14-401. Fiduciary deposit of money when interested person under disability or similar circumstances -- receipt as voucher

  72-14-401. Fiduciary deposit of money when interested person under disability or similar circumstances -- receipt as voucher. When property in the hands of a personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary is assigned or distributed to any heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, beneficiary, or person interested in an estate or trust who does not have an agent in this state or who cannot be found or who refuses to accept the property or to give a proper voucher for the property or to a minor or incompetent person who does not have a legal guardian to receive the property or person authorized to receipt for the property and the property or any part of the property consists of money, the personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary may deposit the money in a special fund in the name of the heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, beneficiary, or person interested with the county treasurer of the county in which the proceedings are pending or in which the property is located. The county treasurer shall give a receipt for the money and is liable upon the treasurer"s official bond. The receipt must be considered and received by the court or judge as a voucher in favor of the personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary with the same force and effect as if executed by the heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, beneficiary, or person interested.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 91-524; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 628, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2449, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-14-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 4. Fiduciary Deposit in Certain Cases Claims -- Escheat|72-14-402. Claim for money deposited in county treasury

  72-14-402. Claim for money deposited in county treasury. When any person appears and claims the money paid into the county treasury, the district court of the county shall inquire into the claim and, if satisfied of the person's right to the money, shall make an order to that effect. Upon presentation of the order, the treasurer shall draw a warrant on the special fund for the amount to which the claimant is entitled.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 128, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 91-525; amd. Sec. 2450, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-14-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 14. Escheated Estates|Part 4. Fiduciary Deposit in Certain Cases Claims -- Escheat|72-14-403. Deposit of unclaimed property in state treasury -- escheat

  72-14-403. Deposit of unclaimed property in state treasury -- escheat. (1) All money or other property distributed in the administration of an estate of a decedent or as the subject of a trust and deposited with the county treasurer to the credit of the distributee or beneficiary and any money remaining on deposit to the credit of an estate after final distribution must, within 1 year of receipt by the county treasurer, be delivered into the state treasury for deposit in the private purpose trust fund.   (2) If money or other property deposited in the state treasury is not claimed by the person or persons entitled to the property by bringing an action as provided in part 3 of this chapter, the money or property escheats to the state and must be placed in the public school permanent fund.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 128, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 117, Ch. 147, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 91-526; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 628, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 5, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 34, L. 2001.
MT Code § 72-15-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-101. Other provisions to supplement chapter

  72-15-101. Other provisions to supplement chapter. When no direction is given in this chapter for the government or guidance of a public administrator in the discharge of the administrator's duties or for the administration of an estate in the administrator's hands, the provisions of this title govern.   History: En. Sec. 350, p. 330, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 350, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 350, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4528, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3091, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10008, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1743; re-en. Sec. 10008, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-619; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 6, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2451, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-102. When public administrator to take charge of estate

  72-15-102. When public administrator to take charge of estate. (1) A public administrator who is duly elected, commissioned, and qualified shall take charge of estates of persons dying within the administrator's county as follows:   (a) estates of decedents for which no administrators are appointed and that, in consequence of the lack of administration, are being wasted, uncared for, or lost;   (b) estates of decedents who have no known heirs;   (c) estates ordered into the administrator's hands by the court; and   (d) estates upon which letters of administration have been issued to the administrator by the court.   (2) However, it is unlawful for a public administrator of any county of the state of Montana to file a petition for the issuance to the public administrator as public administrator of letters of administration of the estate of any decedent until at least 30 days have elapsed from the day of the death of the decedent unless it is affirmatively shown and made to appear in and by the petition for letters of administration that there are no known heirs of the decedent or that all of the known heirs of the decedent reside outside of the state of Montana and that the estate of the decedent consists of property of a nature that it will be lost, wasted, or depreciated in value unless cared for and administered upon at once.   History: En. Sec. 333, p. 326, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 333, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 333, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4510, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3073, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9990, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1726; re-en. Sec. 9990, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1941; R.C.M. 1947, 91-601; amd. Sec. 2452, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-103. Requirement to procure letters of administration -- bond and oath

  72-15-103. Requirement to procure letters of administration -- bond and oath. (1) Whenever a public administrator takes charge of an estate under order of the court, the administrator shall with all convenient dispatch procure letters of administration on the estate in the same manner and under the same proceedings as letters of administration are issued to other persons.   (2) The public administrator's official bond and oath are in lieu of a personal representative's bond and oath, but when real estate is ordered to be sold, another bond may be required by the court.   History: En. Sec. 334, p. 326, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 334, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 334, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4511, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3074, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9991, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1727; re-en. Sec. 9991, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 263, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 91-602; amd. Sec. 2453, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-104. Duty to commence actions for recovery of property

  72-15-104. Duty to commence actions for recovery of property. The public administrator must institute all actions and prosecutions necessary to recover the property, debts, papers, or other estate of the decedent.   History: En. Sec. 339, p. 327, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 339, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 339, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4516, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3079, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9996, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1732; re-en. Sec. 9996, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-607.
MT Code § 72-15-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-105. Duty of persons in whose house stranger dies -- notification to public administrator

  72-15-105. Duty of persons in whose house stranger dies -- notification to public administrator. Whenever a stranger or person without known heirs dies intestate in the house or premises of another, the possessor of the premises or anyone knowing the facts shall give immediate notice to the public administrator of the county. If the possessor does not give the notice, the possessor is liable for any damage that may be sustained by the failure, which must be recovered by the public administrator or any person interested.   History: En. Sec. 335, p. 326, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 335, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 335, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4512, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3075, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9992, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1728; re-en. Sec. 9992, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-603; amd. Sec. 2454, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-106. Civil officers to notify public administrator of property in danger of loss or waste

  72-15-106. Civil officers to notify public administrator of property in danger of loss or waste. All civil officers must inform the public administrator of all property known to them belonging to a decedent which is liable to loss, injury, or waste and which, by reason thereof, ought to be in the possession of the public administrator.   History: En. Sec. 338, p. 327, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 338, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 338, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4515, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3078, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9995, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1731; re-en. Sec. 9995, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-606.
MT Code § 72-15-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-107. Power to require persons controlling property to furnish statement describing property

  72-15-107. Power to require persons controlling property to furnish statement describing property. Whenever a person dies in any county of this state and an administrator has not been appointed to take charge of the person's estate, the public administrator of the county, prior to the issuance of letters of administration, has authority to make a written demand upon any person, firm, bank, or corporation that the public administrator believes holds or has in its possession or control any money, evidence of indebtedness, or other personal property or that owes to the deceased person any money requiring that entity to furnish to the public administrator a written statement, under oath, showing the amount of money or the evidence of indebtedness or personal property of the deceased person held by it fully describing the evidence or property and the total sums of money, if any, due from it to the deceased person. Upon receipt of the written demand, the person, firm, bank, or corporation receiving the demand shall immediately furnish the statement, under oath, to the public administrator.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 10010, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10010, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-621; amd. Sec. 2455, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-108. Refusal to furnish statement -- misdemeanor

  72-15-108. Refusal to furnish statement -- misdemeanor. Any person, firm, bank, or corporation or officer, agent, or employee thereof refusing upon demand to furnish the statement as required by 72-15-107 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 134, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 10011, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10011, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-622.
MT Code § 72-15-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-109. Order to examine person in possession or charged with misappropriation of estate

  72-15-109. Order to examine person in possession or charged with misappropriation of estate. When the public administrator complains to the district court or a judge of the district court, on oath, that any person has concealed, committed theft of, or disposed of or has in the person's possession any money, goods, property, or effects that the administrator is entitled to possess in the administrator's official capacity, the court or judge may cite the person to appear and may examine the person on oath concerning the matter of the complaint.   History: En. Sec. 340, p. 328, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 340, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 340, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4517, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3080, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9997, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1733; re-en. Sec. 9997, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 91-608; amd. Sec. 2456, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates|72-15-110. Refusal to be examined -- civil contempt

  72-15-110. Refusal to be examined -- civil contempt. All interrogatories and answers must be reduced to writing and signed by the party examined and filed in the court. If the person cited refuses to appear and submit to the examination or to answer the interrogatories as may be put to the party touching the matter of the complaint, the court or judge may commit the party to the county jail until the party submits to the order of the court or judge.   History: En. Sec. 341, p. 328, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 341, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 341, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4518, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3081, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9998, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1734; re-en. Sec. 9998, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-609; amd. Sec. 2457, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 2. Powers and Duties in Administration|72-15-201. Duty to make out inventory, administer, and account

  72-15-201. Duty to make out inventory, administer, and account. The public administrator shall make out and return an inventory of all estates taken into the administrator's possession and administer and account for the inventory according to the provisions of this chapter, subject to the control and directions of the court.   History: En. Sec. 336, p. 326, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 336, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 336, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4513, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3076, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9993, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1729, re-en. Sec. 9993, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-604; amd. Sec. 2458, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 2. Powers and Duties in Administration|72-15-202. Duty to deliver up estate when letters granted to another

  72-15-202. Duty to deliver up estate when letters granted to another. If at any time letters testamentary or of administration are regularly granted to any other person on the estate of which the public administrator has charge, the public administrator shall, under order of the court, account for, pay, and deliver to the executor or administrator appointed all the money, property, papers, and estate of every kind in the public administrator's possession or under the public administrator's control.   History: En. Sec. 337, p. 327, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 337, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 337, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4514, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3077, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9994, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1730; re-en. Sec. 9994, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-605; amd. Sec. 2459, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 72-15-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships|Chapter 15. Public Administrator|Part 2. Powers and Duties in Administration|72-15-203. Power of court to order account and delivery of estate at any time

  72-15-203. Power of court to order account and delivery of estate at any time. The court or judge may, at any time, order the public administrator to account for and deliver all the money of an estate in the public administrator's hands to the heirs or to the executors or administrators regularly appointed.   History: En. Sec. 342, p. 328, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 342, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 342, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4519, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3082, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9999, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1735; re-en. Sec. 9999, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-610; amd. Sec. 2460, Ch. 56, L. 2009.