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Rep. Alana Griffith seeks targeted process to record unassigned subdivision open space
Summary
Rep. Alana Griffith told the Senate Local Government Committee HB233 would create a narrow administrative path for counties or cities to place unrecorded subdivision open space on county records or permit transfers to homeowner associations without forcing quiet‑title litigation.
Representative Alana Griffith introduced House Bill 233 to address a recurring problem in Montana subdivisions: pockets of open space or parkland that never received deeded ownership or a tax ID and therefore remain effectively unowned. She said the current remedy — a quiet‑title lawsuit — can cost $5,000–$10,000 and is often impractical because original developers are gone or unreachable.
Griffith said the bill is narrowly written to avoid…
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