Every conveyance of real property, other than a lease for a term not exceeding 1 year, is void against any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer, including an assignee of a mortgage, lease, or other conditional estate, of the same property or any part thereof in good faith and for a valuable consideration whose conveyance is first duly recorded.
Mont. Code Ann. § 70-21-304
Conveyance void as against other conveyance recorded first
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case United States v. Nava (2005)
Most recently applied in United States v. Victor Robert Nava, Sr., AKA Big Vic, and Victoria Nava (April 2005)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.