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Title 70 - PROPERTYChapter 5 - FINDERS
Part 1 - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF FINDERS GENERALLY
Section 70-5-102 - Finder not bound to take charge - status as depositary

Mont. Code § 70-5-102

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Section 70-5-102 - Finder not bound to take charge - status as depositary

A person who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it, but if the person does, the person is a depositary for the owner, with the rights and obligations of a depositary for hire.

§ 70-5-102, MCA

En. Sec. 2520, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5178, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7685, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1864; Field Civ. C. Sec. 938; re-en. Sec. 7685, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-401; amd. Sec.2070, Ch. 56, L. 2070.