1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 7
  5. 28-2-702 Contracts that violate policy of law -- exemption from responsibility -- exception

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 7. Illegal Objects and Provisions

Contracts That Violate Policy Of Law -- Exemption From Responsibility -- Exception

28-2-702. Contracts that violate policy of law -- exemption from responsibility -- exception. Except as provided in 27-1-753, all contracts that have for their object, directly or indirectly, to exempt anyone from responsibility for the person's own fraud, for willful injury to the person or property of another, or for violation of law, whether willful or negligent, are against the policy of the law.

History: En. Sec. 2241, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5052, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7554, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1668; Field Civ. C. Sec. 828; re-en. Sec. 7554, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-802; amd. Sec. 780, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 410, L. 2015.