Montana § 77-1-213 - Acceptance Of Gifts, Donations, Grants, Legacies, And Devises To The State
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 77-1-213 — Acceptance Of Gifts, Donations, Grants, Legacies, And Devises To The State, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-1-213. Acceptance Of Gifts, Donations, Grants, Legacies, And Devises To The State
Acceptance of gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises to the state. (1) The board is hereby authorized and empowered to accept on behalf of the state from any natural person gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises having a value of not less than $250 from each person. All lands passing to the state under these provisions or through the operation of law shall be managed as other state lands, and the rents and earnings shall be applied in accordance with the object and purpose specified by the grantor, subject to all constitutional limitations. (2) All money realized from the sale of such lands and from other property and all gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises made in money or the equivalent of money shall be administered by the board for the benefit of the specific purposes designated by the person from whom they were received and as further regulated by this title. The provisions of this section shall apply to gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises already made to the state and now under the administration of the board if not contrary to any specific provisions made therein by the persons from whom they were received.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 77-1-213 ("Acceptance Of Gifts, Donations, Grants, Legacies, And Devises To The State") 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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