27-1-522. Person convicted of crime -- no right of action for injuries and damages, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 5. Right to Bring Action or Assert Defense

Person Convicted Of Crime -- No Right Of Action For Injuries And Damages

27-1-522. Person convicted of crime -- no right of action for injuries and damages. A person who is convicted of a crime and is injured or suffers other damages during the commission of the crime does not have a right of action to recover damages if a victim causing the injury or damages did not use any force or used justifiable force, as defined in Title 45, chapter 3, part 1.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 315, L. 2025.