Montana § 23-5-131 Losses At Illegal Gambling May Be Recovered In Civil Action

Montana Statutes

§ 23-5-131 — Losses At Illegal Gambling May Be Recovered In Civil Action

Montana·Title 23 PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING·Ch. 5 GAMBLING·Part 1 General Provisions, Proceedings, and Penalties

23-5-131 . Losses at illegal gambling may be recovered in civil action. A person, or the person's dependent or guardian, who, by playing or betting at an illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise, loses money, property, or any other thing of value and pays and delivers it to another person connected with the operation or conduct of the illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise, within 1 year following the person's loss, may:

(1)bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the loss;

(2)recover the costs of the civil action and exemplary damages of no less than $500 and no more than $5,000; and

(3)join as a defendant any person having an interest in the illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise.

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23-5-131 . Losses at illegal gambling may be recovered in civil action. A person, or the person's dependent or guardian, who, by playing or betting at an illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise, loses money, property, or any other thing of value and pays and delivers it to another person connected with the operation or conduct of the illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise, within 1 year following the person's loss, may:
(1) bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the loss;
(2) recover the costs of the civil action and exemplary damages of no less than $500 and no more than $5,000; and
(3) join as a defendant any person having an interest in the illegal gambling device or illegal gambling enterprise.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 15, Ch. 115, L. 1907; Sec. 8430, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 11173, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 11173, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-2418, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 94-8-418 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-418 ; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 368, Ch. 56, L. 2009.