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Mont. Code Ann. § 70-2-201 (2026)

Action For Quieting Title To Personal Property

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TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 2. PERSONAL PROPERTY -- SPECIAL KINDS QUIET TITLE AND PARTITION

Part 2. Quiet Title and Partition

Action For Quieting Title To Personal Property

70-2-201. Action for quieting title to personal property. Any person claiming title to personal property, whether in actual possession thereof or not, may bring an action in the district court of any county wherein such personal property or any part thereof is situated against any person or persons claiming any interest therein by reason of alleged ownership, lien, or otherwise and by a decree of such court may have established and determined finally the rights of all claimants to such personal property.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 51, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 9478.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-6201.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2022 · leading case: Drescher v. Malee, 2022 MT 200 (Mont. 2022).
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Drescher v. Malee, 2022 MT 200 (Mont. 2022). “” Drescher later filed an amended complaint restating his original declaratory judgment claim and a new claim for quiet title pursuant to §§ 70-2-201 and -202, MCA. Malee answered in opposition to both claims and asserted multiple affirmative defenses and a counterclaim alleging…”
Lloyd v. Towe (In Re Towe), 225 B.R. 492 (Bankr. D. Mont. 1997). · cites it 2× “Mont. Code Ann. § 70-2-201 . 1 Montana’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code governs transfer of title to automobiles and other goods.”
Harbour v. Wanskasmith, 2020 MT 157N (Mont. 2020). · cites it 2× “Section 70-2-201(2), (6), MCA, provides: (2) When permanent and visible or ascertained boundaries or monuments are inconsistent with the measurement, either of lines, angles, or surfaces, the boundaries or monuments are paramount.”
Callsen v. Missoula Cnty., 2020 MT 176 (Mont. 2020). · cites it 2× “6 § 70-2-201, MCA, is a codification of surveying principles used to construe written descriptions, not principles for interpreting an instrument of conveyance itself.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 70-2-201(2): 1 case
Harbour v. Wanskasmith, 2020 MT 157N (Mont. 2020). “Section 70-2-201(2), (6), MCA, provides: (2) When permanent and visible or ascertained boundaries or monuments are inconsistent with the measurement, either of lines, angles, or surfaces, the boundaries or monuments are paramount.”
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