Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-35-2142. Effect of failure of district to make application for trustees or of disability of all members of board of trustees of fund

(1) In the case of the failure of the trustees of such public cemetery district to make application to the judge of said district court for the appointment of a board of trustees of such fund as provided in 7-35-2132 or in the case of the death, removal, resignation, or disability of all the members of such board, the said rights, titles, interests, authorities, powers, franchises, and trusts of such fund shall vest in the district court of the county in which such cemetery or the greater part thereof shall be situated until the appointment and qualification of a new board of trustees. In such cases, such trustee or such board of trustees of such fund shall be appointed by the district court of said county upon application of any person interested and upon notice of other persons interested, as the judge of said court may order.

(2) The trustee or trustees appointed by the judge of said court under the provisions of this section shall have the same rights, powers, authorities, and franchises as the trustee or trustees appointed under 7-35-2131 through 7-35-2150. Such trustee or such board of trustees must annually, or more often if so required by order of such court, file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county where such cemetery is situated a duly verified account showing a detailed statement of all money collected and of all securities on hand, together with all money disbursed during the preceding year. Any interested party may apply to the district court for an order requiring such trustee or such board of trustees to make such an accounting at any time.

(3) Any owner of an interest in any lot in the cemetery cared for by such trust, any trustee of the public cemetery district, and any trustee of the said trust fund shall have the right to make any application to the court provided for in 7-35-2131 through 7-35-2150.