70-24-423. Waiver of landlord's right to terminate for breach, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 24. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT OF 1977

Part 4. Remedies

Waiver Of Landlord's Right To Terminate For Breach

70-24-423. Waiver of landlord's right to terminate for breach. Acceptance by the landlord of full payment of rent due is a waiver of a claimed breach of a rental agreement only when the claimed breach is the nonpayment of rent. Acceptance of full payment of rent due when a claimed breach is something other than the nonpayment of rent does not constitute a waiver of any right. The acceptance of partial payment of rent due does not constitute a waiver of any right.

History: En. 42-436 by Sec. 36, Ch. 313, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 42-436; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1997.