Montana § 70-1-308 - Safe Deposit Box -- Joint Tenancy
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 70-1-308 — Safe Deposit Box -- Joint Tenancy, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 70-1-308. Safe Deposit Box -- Joint Tenancy
Safe deposit box -- joint tenancy. When so specified in the agreement granting for a term of time the right in two or more persons to use or occupy any safe or box, commonly referred to as a safe deposit vault or box for the safekeeping of valuables, such interest and estate created in the grantees shall be a joint tenancy in such vault or box and pass to the survivors and survivor upon the death of one or more of the joint tenants with right in such survivors and survivor to have access to and possession of such vault or box and the contents thereof under the terms of the agreement.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 70-1-308 ("Safe Deposit Box -- Joint Tenancy") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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