Montana § 61-6-201 Liability Of Owner For Negligence Of Employee Driver

Montana Statutes

§ 61-6-201 — Liability Of Owner For Negligence Of Employee Driver

Montana § 61-6-201

Title 61MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 6RESPONSIBILITY OF VEHICLE USERS AND OWNERS

Part 2Liability of Vehicle Owner -- Contract Indemnification Limitations

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 61-6-201 (2026).

Text

61-6-201 . Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver. The owner of a vehicle running or traveling upon any highway or road for the conveyance of passengers is liable for all damage to person or property done by any person in the owner's employment as a driver while driving the vehicle, whether done willfully or negligently or otherwise, in the same manner that driver would be liable.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 141, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 2936; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1112; amd. Sec. 1956, Ch. 56, L. 2009.