25-14-104. Procedure when debt to or ownership of judgment debtor denied. If it appears that a person or corporation alleged to have property of the judgment debtor or to be indebted to the judgment debtor claims an interest in the property adverse to the judgment debtor or denies the debt, the court or judge may authorize, by an order made to that effect, the judgment creditor to institute an action against the person or corporation for the recovery of the interest or debt. The court or judge may, by order, forbid a transfer or other disposition of the interest or debt until an action can be commenced and prosecuted to judgment. The order may be modified or vacated by the judge granting the order or the court in which the action is brought, at any time, upon terms that are just.
History: En. Sec. 221, p. 89, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 244, p. 185, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 293, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 344, p. 135, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 344, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 356, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1266, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6854, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9460, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 720; re-en. Sec. 9460, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5907; amd. Sec. 471, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 14. Proceedings in Aid of Execution
Part 1. Proceedings to Determine Availability of Property
25-14-101. Debtor to answer concerning debtor's property when execution unsatisfied
25-14-102. Procedure when debtor withholding property from execution -- arrest
25-14-103. Debtors of judgment debtor and those holding debtor's property to answer
25-14-104. Procedure when debt to or ownership of judgment debtor denied
25-14-105. Requiring witnesses to testify
25-14-106. Immunity of witnesses to criminal proceedings
25-14-107. Order to apply property to satisfaction of judgment