Montana Statutes
§ 1-5-302 — When Execution May Be Proved By Handwriting
Montana·Title 1 GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS·Ch. 5 PROOF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS NOTARIES PUBLIC·Part 3 Proof of Execution
1-5-302 . When execution may be proved by handwriting. The execution of an instrument may be established by proof of the handwriting of the party and of a subscribing witness, if there is one, in the following cases:
(1)when the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are dead;
(2)when the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are nonresidents of the state;
(3)when the place of their residence is unknown to the party desiring the proof and cannot be ascertained by the exercise of due diligence;
(4)when the subscribing witness hides or cannot be found by the officer by the exercise of due diligence in attempting to serve the subpoena or attachment; or
(5)in case of the continued failure or refusal of the witness to testify for the period of 1 hour after the witness's appearance.
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 1618, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4672, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6923, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. Sec. 1198; re-en. Sec. 6923, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 39-120; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 61, L. 2007.