Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 13. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

Part 7. Sale on Execution

Penalty For Selling Without Notice Or Destruction Of Notice

25-13-702. Penalty for selling without notice or destruction of notice. An officer selling without the notice prescribed by 25-13-701 forfeits $500 to the aggrieved party in addition to the party's actual damages. A person willfully taking down or defacing the notice posted, if done before the sale or satisfaction of the judgment, if the judgment is satisfied before sale, forfeits $500.

History: En. Sec. 200, p. 84, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 222, p. 180, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 272, p. 86, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 322, p. 127, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 322, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 333, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1226, C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6829, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9433, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 693; re-en. Sec. 9433, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5825; amd. Sec. 450, Ch. 56, L. 2009.