1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 12
  5. 28-1-1224 Custody of thing other than money

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL

Part 12. Extinction of Obligation by Offer of Performance

Custody Of Thing Other Than Money

28-1-1224. Custody of thing other than money. The person offering a thing other than money by way of performance shall, if the person means to treat it as belonging to the creditor, retain it as a depositary for hire until the creditor accepts it or until the person has given reasonable notice to the creditor that the person will retain it no longer and, if with reasonable diligence the person can find a suitable depositary for the thing, until the person has deposited it with the suitable depositary.

History: En. Sec. 2038, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4947, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7449, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1503; Field Civ. C. Sec. 724; re-en. Sec. 7449, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-426; amd. Sec. 762, Ch. 56, L. 2009.