{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-6-408","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-6-408","heading":"Requirements.","body":"A transfer on death deed:\n(1) except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), must contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed;\n(2) must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and\n(3) must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where the property is located.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 6. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS ON DEATH","Part 4. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0060/part_0040/section_0080/0720-0060-0040-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:09Z","sha256":"00ccb21d3031951fe682f9740667f258bd85f87af68c1cee13143a0ec84a1fbd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-6-407","next":"us-mt/72-6-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}