2005 Montana Code Annotated - 72-15-205 — Deposit of moneys with county treasurer - withdrawals for administrative costs - investment.

     72-15-205. Deposit of moneys with county treasurer -- withdrawals for administrative costs -- investment. (1) It is the duty of every public administrator, as soon as he receives the same, to deposit with the county treasurer of the county in which probate proceedings are pending all moneys of the estate, and such moneys may be drawn upon the order of the personal representative, countersigned by a district judge, when required for the purposes of administration.
     (2) It is the duty of the county treasurer to receive and safely keep all such moneys and pay them out upon the order of the personal representative, when countersigned by a district judge and not otherwise, and to keep an account with such estate of all moneys received and paid to him; and for the safekeeping and payment of all such moneys, as herein provided, the treasurer and his sureties are liable upon his official bond.
     (3) The moneys thus deposited may, upon order of the court or judge, be invested pending the proceedings in securities of the United States or of this state when such investment is for the best interests of the estate.

     History: En. Sec. 344, p. 329, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 344, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 344, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4521, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3084, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10001, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1737; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 10001, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91-612(part).