Montana § 27-16-406 Procedure For Justification

Montana Statutes

§ 27-16-406 — Procedure For Justification

Montana § 27-16-406

Title 27CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 16ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS

Part 4Giving Bail

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Mont. Code Ann. § 27-16-406 (2026).

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27-16-406 . Procedure for justification. For the purpose of justification, each of the bail shall attend before the judge or clerk at the time and place specified in the notice and may be examined on oath, on the part of the plaintiff, touching the bail's sufficiency, in a manner that the judge or clerk, in the judge's or clerk's discretion, may think proper. The examination must be reduced to writing and subscribed by the bail if required by the plaintiff.

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27-16-406 . Procedure for justification. For the purpose of justification, each of the bail shall attend before the judge or clerk at the time and place specified in the notice and may be examined on oath, on the part of the plaintiff, touching the bail's sufficiency, in a manner that the judge or clerk, in the judge's or clerk's discretion, may think proper. The examination must be reduced to writing and subscribed by the bail if required by the plaintiff.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 89, p. 150, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 97, p. 47, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 135, p. 72, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 135, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 137, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 817, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6612, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9210, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 495; re-en. Sec. 9210, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4018; amd. Sec. 644, Ch. 56, L. 2009.