Montana § 70-28-215 - Judgment -- Nature And Effect -- Recording

§ 70-28-215. Judgment -- Nature And Effect -- Recording

Judgment -- nature and effect -- recording. (1) The judgment must ascertain and determine the heirship of the deceased entryman and all estates, rights, titles, interests, and claims in and to the property and every part of the property, whether the estates, rights, titles, interests, and claims are legal or equitable, present or future, vested or contingent, or whether the estates, rights, titles, interests, and claims consist of mortgages or liens of any description. The judgment must be binding and conclusive upon every person who, at the time of the commencement of the action, had or claimed to have any estate, right, title, or interest in or to the property or any part of the property and upon every person claiming under the person by title subsequent to the commencement of the action. (2) A certified copy of the judgment in the action must be recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of the county in which the action was commenced, and any party or the successor in interest of any party to the action may file for record in the office of the clerk and recorder of the county the entire judicial record in the action.