Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 41. Municipalities

Limit On Liability

7-1-4125. Limit on liability. (1) As provided in Article II, section 18, of the Montana constitution, a municipality has no immunity from suit for injury to a person or property, except as may be specifically provided by law by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature.

(2) A local government has the right but not the duty to purchase insurance to protect against claims for injury to a person or property.

(3) Local governments are subject to the provisions of Title 2, chapter 9.

History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 455, L. 1979.