{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-18-201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-18-201","heading":"Alluvion or accretion -- increase of bank.","body":"Where from natural causes land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the bank of a river or stream, navigable or not navigable, either by accumulation of material or by the recession of the stream, such land belongs to the owner of the bank, subject to any existing right-of-way over the bank.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 18. REAL PROPERTY -- ACCESSION FIXTURES AND WATERCOURSES","Part 2. Watercourses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0010/0700-0180-0020-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:37Z","sha256":"297824cc4ac8f73f2269f8823577fbd07ad54a147631d741b6102df9444593ab","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-18-102","next":"us-mt/70-18-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}