Montana § 25-2-201 When Change Of Venue Required

Montana Statutes

§ 25-2-201 — When Change Of Venue Required

Montana·Title 25 CIVIL PROCEDURE·Ch. 2 VENUE·Part 2 Change of Venue

25-2-201 . When change of venue required. The court or judge shall, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases:

(1)when the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county;

(2)when there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the current place of trial;

(3)when the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change;

(4)when a party enters a pleading that challenges, as defined in 25-2-127 , a statute or session law if the statute or session law was enacted or amended within the legislative biennium, as defined in 25-2-127 ; and

(5)when a primary bill sponsor intervenes pursuant to 5-2-107 in a declaratory judgment action.

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25-2-201 . When change of venue required. The court or judge shall, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases:
(1) when the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county;
(2) when there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the current place of trial;
(3) when the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change;
(4) when a party enters a pleading that challenges, as defined in 25-2-127 , a statute or session law if the statute or session law was enacted or amended within the legislative biennium, as defined in 25-2-127 ; and
(5) when a primary bill sponsor intervenes pursuant to 5-2-107 in a declaratory judgment action.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 21, p. 46, Bannack Stat.; amd. Ch. 8, L. 3d Session 1866, which was set aside by Act of Congress of March 2, 1867; amd. Sec. 1, p. 68, L. 1867; amd. Sec. 27, p. 31, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 62, p. 53, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 62, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 62, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 615, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; en. Ch. 2, Ex. L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 6506, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9098, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 397; re-en. Sec. 9098, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1973; [(4) superseded by Sup. Ct. Ord., 34 St. Rep. 26, eff. March 1, 1977]; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2906; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 357, L. 2025.