Montana § 27-2-301 When Demand Necessary To Perfect Right To Action

Montana Statutes

§ 27-2-301 — When Demand Necessary To Perfect Right To Action

Montana § 27-2-301

Title 27CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 2STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

Part 3Accrual of Cause of Action

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-301 (2026).

Text

27-2-301 . When demand necessary to perfect right to action. Where a right exists but a demand is necessary to entitle a person to maintain an action, the time within which the action must be commenced must be computed from the time when the demand is made, except where the right grows out of the receipt or detention of money or property by an agent, trustee, attorney, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, the time must be computed from the time when the person having the right to make the demand has actual knowledge of the facts upon which that right depends.

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27-2-301 . When demand necessary to perfect right to action. Where a right exists but a demand is necessary to entitle a person to maintain an action, the time within which the action must be commenced must be computed from the time when the demand is made, except where the right grows out of the receipt or detention of money or property by an agent, trustee, attorney, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, the time must be computed from the time when the person having the right to make the demand has actual knowledge of the facts upon which that right depends.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 551, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6468, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9058, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9058, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2712; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 441, L. 1987.