Montana § 19-17-407 Exemption From Legal Process

Montana Statutes

§ 19-17-407 — Exemption From Legal Process

Montana·Title 19 PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS·Ch. 17 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' COMPENSATION ACT·Part 4 Pension and Survivorship Benefits

19-17-407 . Exemption from legal process.

(1)Except as provided in 19-2-907 , 19-2-909 , and subsection (2) of this section, benefits received under this part are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other process.

(2)The right of a person to any benefit or payment and the money in the plan's pension trust fund associated with that benefit or payment is subject, once the person is entitled to distribution of the benefit or payment, to:

(a)a United States tax lien or levy for past-due taxes; and

(b)execution, garnishment, attachment, levy, or other process related to the collection of criminal fines and orders of restitution imposed under federal law as provided for in 18 U.S.C. 3613.

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19-17-407 . Exemption from legal process. (1) Except as provided in 19-2-907 , 19-2-909 , and subsection (2) of this section, benefits received under this part are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other process.
(2) The right of a person to any benefit or payment and the money in the plan's pension trust fund associated with that benefit or payment is subject, once the person is entitled to distribution of the benefit or payment, to:
(a) a United States tax lien or levy for past-due taxes; and
(b) execution, garnishment, attachment, levy, or other process related to the collection of criminal fines and orders of restitution imposed under federal law as provided for in 18 U.S.C. 3613.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 6, Ch. 65, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5158.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 192, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 118, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 80, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 168, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 535, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 95, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 157, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2025(2); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 57, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 282, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 823, L. 1991; Sec. 19-12-407, MCA 1991; redes. 19-17-407 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 175, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 126, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 329, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 382, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 195, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 503, L. 2021.