{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-15-212","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-15-212","heading":"Future and contingent estates -- how created.","body":"Subject to the rules of parts 1, 3, and 4 of chapter 1, parts 1 and 2 of this chapter, and part 1 of chapter 17:\n(1) a freehold estate, as well as a chattel real, may be created to commence at a future day;\n(2) an estate for life may be created in a term of years and a remainder limited thereon;\n(3) a remainder of a freehold or chattel real, either contingent or vested, may be created, expectant on the determination of a term of years; and\n(4) a fee may be limited on a fee upon a contingency which, if it should occur, must happen within the period prescribed in this code.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 15. DEFINITIONS AND KINDS OF ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY","Part 2. Classification of Interests in Real Property"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0150/part_0020/section_0120/0700-0150-0020-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:35Z","sha256":"a1f3fbeaf6729fb6bcaa3a2512daf487e1b5c89ab981a9de74179c838fc1efee","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-15-211","next":"us-mt/70-15-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}