1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 15
  4. Part 2
  5. 25-15-201 Discharge of one joint debtor

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 15. LIABILITY OF JOINT DEBTORS

Part 2. Discharge of Joint Debtor

Discharge Of One Joint Debtor

25-15-201. Discharge of one joint debtor. Any joint debtor, including a partner, may compromise with a creditor, and a discharge to the joint debtor by the creditor is as effectual as if made to all debtors, but the discharge does not relieve the other joint debtors. Any creditor can release a judgment in the creditor's favor against any one or more joint debtors, and the release does not discharge the others.

History: En. Sec. 1786, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7135, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9768, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9768, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-8107; amd. Sec. 492, Ch. 56, L. 2009.