Montana § 27-16-1003 Defendant To Be Taken Before Justice Immediately

Montana Statutes

§ 27-16-1003 — Defendant To Be Taken Before Justice Immediately

Montana·Title 27 CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS·Ch. 16 ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS·Part 10 Arrest in Civil Actions in Justice's Court

27-16-1003 . Defendant to be taken before justice immediately. The defendant, immediately upon being arrested, must be taken to the office of the justice who made the order. If the justice is absent or unable to try the action or if it appears to the justice by the affidavit of defendant that the justice is a material witness in the action, the officer shall immediately take the defendant before another justice of the county, if there is another, and if not, then before a justice of an adjoining county, who shall take jurisdiction of the action and proceed as if the summons had been issued and the order of arrest made by that justice.

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27-16-1003 . Defendant to be taken before justice immediately. The defendant, immediately upon being arrested, must be taken to the office of the justice who made the order. If the justice is absent or unable to try the action or if it appears to the justice by the affidavit of defendant that the justice is a material witness in the action, the officer shall immediately take the defendant before another justice of the county, if there is another, and if not, then before a justice of an adjoining county, who shall take jurisdiction of the action and proceed as if the summons had been issued and the order of arrest made by that justice.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 562, p. 154, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 668, p. 171, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 728, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 748, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1542, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7021, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9654, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 863; re-en. Sec. 9654, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 491, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 93-6903; amd. Sec. 654, Ch. 56, L. 2009.