Montana § 40-6-237 Destruction Of Property By Minor -- Liability Of Parents

Montana Statutes

§ 40-6-237 — Destruction Of Property By Minor -- Liability Of Parents

Montana § 40-6-237

Title 40FAMILY LAW

Ch. 6PARENT AND CHILD

Part 2Obligations of Parents

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Mont. Code Ann. § 40-6-237 (2026).

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40-6-237 . Destruction of property by minor -- liability of parents. A municipal corporation, county, city, town, school district, or department of the state of Montana, a person, or a religious organization whether incorporated or unincorporated is entitled to recover damages in a civil action in an amount not to exceed $6,900 in a court of competent jurisdiction from the parents of a person under 18 years of age, living with the parents, who maliciously or willfully destroys property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to the municipal corporation, county, city, town, school district, department of the state of Montana, person, or religious organization.

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40-6-237 . Destruction of property by minor -- liability of parents. A municipal corporation, county, city, town, school district, or department of the state of Montana, a person, or a religious organization whether incorporated or unincorporated is entitled to recover damages in a civil action in an amount not to exceed $6,900 in a court of competent jurisdiction from the parents of a person under 18 years of age, living with the parents, who maliciously or willfully destroys property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to the municipal corporation, county, city, town, school district, department of the state of Montana, person, or religious organization.