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Montana Title 76. Land Resources and Use § 76-7-204. Environmental control easement conveyances

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The designated grantee of an environmental control easement granted under this chapter is one or more of the following entities:

(a) a federal public entity;

(b) the state of Montana, acting by and through the department or any other state agency;

(c) any other public body having jurisdiction over the environmental control site; or

(d) a qualified private organization.

(2) A grantee's acceptance of the easement interest and related obligations must be evidenced by the grantee's execution of the instrument creating the environmental control easement.

(3) Prior to or contemporaneously with the conveyance of an environmental control easement to a designated grantee, the environmental control site owner shall:

(a) obtain documents demonstrating that every person or entity holding an interest in the environmental control site or any part of the site, including without limitation each mortgagee, lienholder, lessee, and encumbrancer, irrevocably subordinates the entity's interest to the environmental control easement;

(b) record the documents required under subsection (3)(a) in the appropriate county; and

(c) submit those documents required under subsection (3)(a) to the designated grantee.

(4) An environmental control easement may not be separated from the land and survives foreclosure of a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance, as well as tax lien sales and the issuance of a tax deed.

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