81-5-108. Answer to allegations concerning use of property, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER 5. UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTING OR DRIVING OF LIVESTOCK

Part 1. Unlawful Driving of Animals

Answer To Allegations Concerning Use Of Property

81-5-108. Answer to allegations concerning use of property. Within 20 days after the service of the petition and summons or publication of the summons, as provided in 81-5-104, the owner or claimant of the seized property shall file a verified answer to the allegations concerning the use of the property contained in the petition to institute forfeiture proceedings. Only one 20-day extension of the time for filing the answer may be granted, and failure to answer within 20 days or within the 20-day extension bars the owner or claimants from presenting evidence at any subsequent evidentiary hearing unless extraordinary circumstances exist.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 563, L. 1985.