1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 13
  4. Part 1
  5. 25-13-103 Execution after death of party

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 13. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

Part 1. Right to Enforcement of Judgment

Execution After Death Of Party

25-13-103. Execution after death of party. Notwithstanding the death of a party after the judgment, execution on the judgment may be issued or it may be enforced as follows:

(1) In case of the death of the judgment creditor, it may be enforced upon the application of the creditor's executor, administrator, or successor in interest.

(2) In case of the death of the judgment debtor, if the judgment is for the recovery of real or personal property or the enforcement of a lien on the property, execution may be issued with the same effect as if the debtor were still living.

History: En. Sec. 215, p. 178, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 256, p. 82, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 306, p. 120, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 306, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 317, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1216, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6819, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9422, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 686; re-en. Sec. 9422, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5808; amd. Sec. 437, Ch. 56, L. 2009.