Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 13. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

Part 5. Property Subject to Execution

Debts Owed To Judgment Debtor

25-13-502. Debts owed to judgment debtor. After the issuing of an execution against property and before its return, a person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of the person's debt or as much of the debt as is necessary to satisfy the execution. The sheriff's receipt is sufficient discharge for the amount paid.

History: En. Sec. 217, p. 88, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 240, p. 184, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 289, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 340, p. 134, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 340, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 352, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1262, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6850, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9456, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 716; re-en. Sec. 9456, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5903; amd. Sec. 446, Ch. 56, L. 2009.