Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 18. PREJUDGMENT ATTACHMENT

Part 7. Methods of Defending Against Attachment

Proceedings On Motion

27-18-726. Proceedings on motion. An application specified in 27-18-725 may be founded only upon:

(1) the papers upon which the writ was granted, in which case it must be made to the court or judge, with or without notice as the court or judge considers proper; or

(2) proof by affidavits on the part of the defendant or a person who has acquired a lien upon or interest in the defendant's property after it was attached, in which case it must be made to the court or judge upon notice and may be opposed by new proof, by affidavit or other evidence on the part of the plaintiff, tending to sustain any grounds of attachment.

History: En. Sec. 918, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6685, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9286, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9286, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4333; amd. Sec. 703, Ch. 56, L. 2009.