{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-21-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-21-103","heading":"Unrecorded deeds -- to whom belong.","body":"Instruments essential to the title of real property and which are not kept in a public office as a record pursuant to law belong to the person in whom, for the time being, such title may be vested and pass with the title.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 21. RECORDING TRANSFERS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0210/part_0010/section_0030/0700-0210-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:39Z","sha256":"1f9e7f56b1e56604fbe9f76ef5ef0aa2f381492e65524090f560f0d8c2c1b677","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-21-102","next":"us-mt/70-21-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}