1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 26
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 1
  5. 26-2-103 Service of subpoena on concealed witness

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 26. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES

Part 1. Subpoenas

Service Of Subpoena On Concealed Witness

26-2-103. Service of subpoena on concealed witness. If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel so as to prevent the service of a subpoena upon the witness, any court, judge, or any officer issuing a subpoena may, upon proof by affidavit of the concealment and of the materiality of the witness, make an order that the sheriff of the county serve the subpoena, and the sheriff shall serve it accordingly and, for that purpose, may break into the building or vessel where the witness is concealed.

History: En. Sec. 383, p. 212, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 457, p. 127, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 636, p. 205, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 636, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 657, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3303, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7977, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10621, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1988; re-en. Sec. 10621, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1501-6; amd. Sec. 543, Ch. 56, L. 2009.