Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 13. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

Part 4. Execution and Return of Writ

To Whom Execution Issued

25-13-401. To whom execution issued. Where the execution is against the property of the judgment debtor, it may be issued to the sheriff or levying officer of any county in the state. Where it requires the delivery of real or personal property, it must be issued to the sheriff or levying officer of the county where the property or some part thereof is situated. Executions may be issued at the same time to different counties.

History: En. Sec. 216, p. 178, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 257, p. 82, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 307, p. 120, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 307, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 318, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1217, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6820, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9423, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 687; re-en. Sec. 9423, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5809; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 548, L. 1987.