{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-20-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-20-302","heading":"After-acquired title to pass by operation of law.","body":"When a person purports by proper instrument to grant real property in fee simple and subsequently acquires any title or claim of title to the real property, the real property passes by operation of law to the grantee or the grantee's successors.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 20. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY","Part 3. Effect of Transfer"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0200/part_0030/section_0020/0700-0200-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:38Z","sha256":"625873be6b86ac30acc0fff296cf7dd7a6b14701e26175fd5223a5322592bc6f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-20-301","next":"us-mt/70-20-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}