Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING

CHAPTER 5. GAMBLING

Part 1. General Provisions, Proceedings, and Penalties

Discharge Of Defendant

23-5-135. Discharge of defendant. (1) A person against whom a civil action is brought, as provided in 23-5-131, may move to have the action against the person dismissed if the person has repaid to the person who suffered the loss or that person's dependent the gambling loss, the costs of bringing the civil action, and the exemplary damages agreed upon by the parties or assessed by the court.

(2) A civil action brought to recover gambling losses does not bar or interfere with another proceeding or action, whether criminal, civil, or administrative, that may be brought under the laws of the state.

History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 115, L. 1907; Sec. 8433, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 11176, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 11176, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-2421, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 94-8-421 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-421(part); amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 369, Ch. 56, L. 2009.