Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 11. Registration of Process Servers -- Levying Officers

Bond Required -- Levy Limited

25-1-1111. Bond required -- levy limited. (1) After completing the requirements in Title 37, chapter 60, for registration, a process server shall provide the board of private security with proof of a surety bond of $10,000 for an individual or $100,000 for a firm, conditioned upon compliance with this part, all laws governing service of process in this state, and the requirements of Title 37, chapter 60. A clerk of court holding a surety bond for a process server under this section as of June 30, 2007, shall transfer the original bond and any supporting documentation to the board on July 1, 2007.

(2) A levying officer may not levy on a judgment that exceeds the value of the bond.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 548, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 405, L. 2007.