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Mont. Code Ann. § 70-1-101 (2026)

Property Defined -- Ownership

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TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL REAL AND PERSONAL

Part 1. General Provisions

Property Defined -- Ownership

70-1-101. Property defined -- ownership. The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.

History: En. Sec. 1070, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4421, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6663, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 654; Field Civ. C. Sec. 159; re-en. Sec. 6663, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-201.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1984–2010 · leading case: Buhmann v. State, 2008 MT 465, 201 P.3d 70.
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Buhmann v. State, 2008 MT 465, 201 P.3d 70. · cites it 8× “Section 70-1-101, MCA. By way of example, property interests exist in "all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery," "all domestic animals," "all obligations," "such products of labor or skill as the composition of an author, the goodwill of a…”
Truck Ins. Exch. v. Nelson, 743 P.2d 572 (Mont. 1987). · cites it 6× “Section 70-1-101, MCA, states: "The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others.”
Kafka v. Montana Dep't of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 2008 MT 460, 201 P.3d 8. “” (internal quotation marks omitted)); §§ 70-1-101, -104(4), MCA (defining “property’ to include “such products of labor or skill as .”
Fire Ins. Exch. v. Tibi, 51 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (D. Mont. 1995). · cites it 2× “” Mont.Code Ann. § 70-1-101. Mindful of these definitions, the court now reviews the facts relevant to the determination of this issue.”
Alderson v. United States, 718 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (C.D. Cal. 2010). “Code § 654 ; Mont.Code Ann. § 70-1-101. 7 . As a general matter, Florida is a common law state that has adopted the general rules of the common law and can be expected to follow the United States Supreme Court’s basic definition of "property.”
Brown v. Hart, 692 P.2d 14 (Mont. 1984). · cites it 2× “Sections 70-1-101, -106, -301, MCA.] While t h e " r e a l p r o p e r t v " o f s e c t i o n 15-7-304, MCA, is n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y d e f i n e d f o r p u r p o s e s o f r e c o r d i n g and t a x a - tion, t h e d e f i n i t i o n can be a r r i v e d a t ,…”
Kafka v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 2008 MT 460. “" (internal quotation marks omitted)); §§ 70-1-101, -104(4), MCA (defining "property" to include "such products of labor or skill as .”
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