Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB520: Revise laws to clarify that local prohibitions on conveying family transfer parcels do not apply to conveyances involving lenders
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act clarifying that prohibitions on conveying family transfer parcels do not apply to conveyances involving lenders; and amending section 76-3-207, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT CLARIFYING THAT PROHIBITIONS ON CONVEYING FAMILY TRANSFER PARCELS DO NOT APPLY TO CONVEYANCES INVOLVING LENDERS; AND AMENDING SECTION 76-3-207, MCA. Section 1. Section 76-3-207, MCA, is amended to read: "76-3-207. Divisions or aggregations of land exempted from review but subject to survey requirements and zoning regulations -- exceptions -- fees for examination of division. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evading this chapter, the following divisions or aggregations of tracts of record of any size, regardless of the resulting size of any lot created by the division or aggregation, are not subdivisions under this chapter but are subject to the surveying requirements of 76-3-401 for divisions or aggregations of land other than subdivisions and are subject to applicable zoning regulations adopted under Title 76, chapter 2: (a) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of relocating common boundary lines between adjoining properties; (b) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of a single gift or sale in each county to each member of the landowner's immediate family; (c) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions by gift, sale, or agreement to buy and sell in which the landowner enters into a covenant for the purposes of this chapter with the governing body that …
Sponsors
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43) · primary sponsor
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) Returned to House
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 48 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 1, 2025): 97 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 28, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Credit Transactions, Family Law, Local Government, Financial Institutions
Common questions
- What is HB520?
- HB520 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws to clarify that local prohibitions on conveying family transfer parcels do not apply to conveyances involving lenders.
- What does HB520 do?
- In its own words: An act clarifying that prohibitions on conveying family transfer parcels do not apply to conveyances involving lenders; and amending section 76-3-207, mca.
- What is the status of HB520?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB520?
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB520?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2576
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