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Code · Montana · Title 77 — State Lands · Chapter 1 · Part 1

77-1-102. Ownership of certain islands and riverbeds.

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77-1-102 . Ownership of certain islands and riverbeds.
(1)The following lands belong to the state of Montana to be held in trust for the benefit of the public schools of the state:
(a)all islands existing in the navigable streams or lakes in this state that have not been surveyed by the government of the United States; and
(b)all lands that at any time in the past constituted an island or part of an island in a navigable stream or lake.
(2)This section does not apply to lands that are occupied by and belong to riparian landowners if the lands were formed by accretions.
(3)State-owned riverbeds are public lands of the state that are held in trust for the people as provided in Article X, section 11, of the Montana constitution.
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