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69th Legislature 2025 HB 755.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 755
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 755
2 INTRODUCED BY L. SCHUBERT
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT PROHIBITING THE OWNERSHIP OF REAL PROPERTY BY
5 CERTAIN ALIENS AND FOREIGN ENTITIES; REQUIRING THE SALE OF THE REAL PROPERTY WITHIN 6
6 MONTHS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR COUNTY ATTORNEY OF
7 THE COUNTY WHERE THE REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE
8 DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Ownership of real property by certain aliens or foreign entities
13prohibited. (1) An alien who is not a resident of this state or a foreign entity may not own real property in this
14 state.
15 (2) An alien or foreign entity who violates this section shall divest from the interest in the real
16 property within 6 months, after which time the property may be sold at public auction by the county sheriff of
17 any county where the real property is located.
18 (3) The attorney general or the county attorney of the county where the real property is located
19 may bring a suit to enforce this section.
20 (4) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
21 (a) "Alien" means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
22 (b) "Foreign entity" means an entity that is organized under the laws of a foreign country or has its
23 principal place of business in a foreign country.
24 (c) "Real property" has the meaning provided in 70-1-106.
25 (d) "Resident" means a person lawfully domiciled in the state of Montana or who lawfully maintains
26 a permanent place of abode within the state even though temporarily absent from the state and who has not
27 established a residence elsewhere.
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69th Legislature 2025 HB 755.1
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 755
1 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
2 integral part of Title 70, chapter 1, part 1, and the provisions of Title 70, chapter 1, part 1, apply to [section 1].
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4 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective January 1, 2026.
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6 NEW SECTION. Section 4. Applicability. [This act] applies to property purchased on or after [the
7 effective date of this act].
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