Montana § 26-2-402 Witness Protected From Arrest When Attending, Going, And Returning

Montana Statutes

§ 26-2-402 — Witness Protected From Arrest When Attending, Going, And Returning

Montana § 26-2-402

Title 26EVIDENCE

Ch. 2SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES

Part 4Protection of Witnesses

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 26-2-402 (2026).

Text

26-2-402 . Witness protected from arrest when attending, going, and returning. Every person who has been, in good faith, served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, judge, commissioner, referee, or other person in a case where the disobedience of the witness may be punished as a contempt is exonerated from arrests in a civil action while going to the place of attendance, necessarily remaining there, and returning therefrom.

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26-2-402 . Witness protected from arrest when attending, going, and returning. Every person who has been, in good faith, served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, judge, commissioner, referee, or other person in a case where the disobedience of the witness may be punished as a contempt is exonerated from arrests in a civil action while going to the place of attendance, necessarily remaining there, and returning therefrom.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 335, p. 113, Bannack Stat.; amd. Sec. 393, p. 213, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 467, p. 129, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 674, p. 215, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 3403, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 8032, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10676, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 2067; re-en. Sec. 10676, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2101-4.