{"data":{"id":"us-mt/15-18-214","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"15-18-214","heading":"Effect of deed.","body":"(1) Subject to 15-18-411 and 15-18-413, a deed issued under this chapter conveys to the grantee absolute title to the property described in the deed as of the date of the tax deed, except:\n(a) when the claim is payable after the execution of the deed and:\n(i) a subsequent property tax lien is attached; or\n(ii) a lien of any special, rural, local improvement, irrigation, or drainage assessment is levied against the property;\n(b) when the claim is an easement, servitude, covenant, restriction, reservation, or similar burden lawfully imposed on the property; or\n(c) when the land is owned by the United States, this state, or a subdivision of this state.\n(2) Under the conditions described in subsection (1), the deed is prima facie evidence of the right of possession accrued as of the date on which a tax deed was issued.","path":["TITLE 15. TAXATION","CHAPTER 18. OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN LAND SOLD FOR TAXES","Part 2. Issuing a Tax Deed"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0140/0150-0180-0020-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:58Z","sha256":"874bdbfed88e255c9a63134669d92b7529b9bc955132de0c043df951edcd58b4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/15-18-213","next":"us-mt/15-18-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}