Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     27-18-410. Corporate stock -- service on secretary of state. In addition to the method prescribed in 27-18-409 for attaching stock or shares or interest therein of any corporation or company, if the president or other head of the same or the secretary, cashier, or other managing agent thereof does not live or cannot be found in Montana and an affidavit is filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending setting forth that such officer or agent does not live or cannot be found in Montana, the clerk shall make an order directing the writ to be served upon the secretary of state of Montana or, in his absence from his office, upon the deputy secretary of state. When such order has been made, the writ of attachment shall be served upon the secretary of state or deputy secretary of state by leaving with him a copy of the writ and a notice that the stock or shares or interest therein of such corporation or company belonging to the defendant is attached in pursuance of the writ.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4308; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 12, L. 1979.

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