Montana § 71-1-207 - Recording Of Mortgages And Assignments
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 71-1-207 — Recording Of Mortgages And Assignments, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 71-1-207. Recording Of Mortgages And Assignments
Recording of mortgages and assignments. (1) Mortgages of real property may be acknowledged or proved, certified, and recorded in the same manner and with the same effect as grants of real property. (2) An assignment of a real estate mortgage may be recorded in the same manner as a real estate mortgage, and the record operates as legal notice to the mortgagor and all persons subsequently deriving title to the mortgage from the assignor as well as to all other persons, including subsequent purchasers, encumbrancers, mortgagees, or other lienholders. An assignment must contain the assignee's post-office address at the assignee's place of residence and may not be recorded or filed unless it contains the post-office address.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 71-1-207 ("Recording Of Mortgages And Assignments") 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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