Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     27-18-102. What property subject to attachment. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the rights or shares which the defendant has in the stock of any corporation or company, together with the interest and profits thereon, all debts due the defendant, and all other property in this state of the defendant not exempt from execution may be attached and, if judgment is recovered, sold to satisfy the judgment and execution. Property exempt from execution is exempt from attachment.
     (2) In any action in which the amount sued for is $10 or less, the wages and earnings of the debtor or defendant for his personal services rendered at any time within 30 days before the commencement of the action are exempt from attachment.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 95, p. 61, Bannack Stat.; amd. Sec. 124, p. 157, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 141, p. 55, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 183, p. 84, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 183, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 185, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 894, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6661, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9261, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 541; re-en. Sec. 9261, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 93-4306, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, Ex. L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 9429.1, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 93-5817, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4306, 93-5817; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 12, L. 1979.

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