Montana § 37-61-407 Penalty For Delay

Montana Statutes

§ 37-61-407 — Penalty For Delay

Montana § 37-61-407

Title 37PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Ch. 61ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Part 4Provisions Regulating Practice

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 37-61-407 (2026).

Text

37-61-407 . Penalty for delay. An attorney who willfully delays a client's cause with a view to the attorney's own gain or willfully receives money or an allowance for or on account of money that the attorney has not laid out or become answerable for forfeits to the party injured treble damages.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 404, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6396, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 160; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2106; amd. Sec. 1436, Ch. 56, L. 2009.