The Montana Living Will is included in a packet that also contains a form for designating a Health Care Proxy.
You and two (2) witnesses are required to sign your MT Advance Directive in order for it to be valid. While notarization is optional, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that the MT Advance Directive be notarized.
You and two (2) witnesses are required to sign your MT Advance Directive in order for it to be valid. While notarization is optional, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that the MT Advance Directive be notarized.
Montana Advance Directive Form
Other resources for Montana:
Death Certificates
Click here to download the application for a certified Montana death certificate.
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 118 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications.
Status: Approved on May 4, 2017; Effective October 1, 2017
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
Organ Donation Registries
Montana Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Montana residents.
Probate Laws
Title 72: Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
Death Certificates
Click here to download the application for a certified Montana death certificate.
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 118 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications.
Status: Approved on May 4, 2017; Effective October 1, 2017
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
- In 2009, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that physicians may assist patients in ending their lives by prescribing lethal medications to be self-administered by the patient.
Organ Donation Registries
Montana Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Montana residents.
Probate Laws
Title 72: Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
- Montana has no estate tax or inheritance tax