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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-2-617 (2026)

Nonexoneration

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TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS

Part 6. Rules of Construction Applicable Only to Wills

Nonexoneration

72-2-617. Nonexoneration. A specific devise passes subject to any security interest existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.

History: En. 91A-2-609 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-2-609; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 494, L. 1993; Sec. 72-2-514, MCA 1991; redes. 72-2-617 by Code Commissioner, 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Est. of Afrank, 2012 MT 289, 291 P.3d 576.
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Est. of Afrank, 2012 MT 289, 291 P.3d 576. · cites it 9× “The Official Comments to this statute state that “[t]he common-law rule of exoneration of the specific devise is abolished by this section, and the contrary rule is adopted.”
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