1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 31
  4. Part 4
  5. 25-31-409 Limitation on dismissal -- alias summons

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 31. PROCEDURE IN JUSTICES' COURTS

Part 4. Commencement of Action -- Summons

Limitation On Dismissal -- Alias Summons

25-31-409. Limitation on dismissal -- alias summons. (1) A case is not subject to dismissal by the court for nonservice or failure to proceed during the time that the summons is valid.

(2) If the summons is returned without being served upon any or all of the defendants, the justice, upon the request of the plaintiff, may issue an alias summons in the same form as the original. The justice may, within 2 years from the date of the filing of the complaint, issue as many alias summonses as may be requested by the plaintiff.

History: Ap. p. Sec. 1507, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7000, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9633, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 846; re-en. Sec. 9633, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 34, L. 1937; Sec. 93-6708, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 1508, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7001, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9634, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 847; re-en. Sec. 9634, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 93-6709, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 93-6708, 93-6709; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 457, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 455, L. 2009.