28-11-204. Liability under guaranty that obligation is good or collectible. (1) A guaranty to the effect that an obligation is good or is collectible imports that the debtor is solvent and that the demand is collectible by the usual legal proceedings if taken with reasonable diligence.
(2) A guaranty such as is mentioned in subsection (1) is not discharged by an omission to take proceedings upon the principal debt or upon any collateral security for its payment if no part of the debt could have been collected thereby.
(3) In the case mentioned in subsection (1), the removal of the principal from the state, leaving no property therein from which the obligation might be satisfied, is equivalent to the insolvency of the principal in its effect upon the rights and obligations of the guarantor.
History: En. Secs. 3621, 3622, 3623, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 5663, 5664, 5665, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 8178, 8179, 8180, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Secs. 2800, 2801, 2802; Field Civ. C. Secs. 1541, 1542, 1543; re-en. Secs. 8178, 8179, 8180, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-108, 30-109, 30-110.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations
Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship
Part 2. Guaranty -- Liability and Exoneration of Guarantor
28-11-201. Obligation of guarantor not to exceed that of principal
28-11-202. Liability under guaranty of incomplete contract
28-11-203. Liability under guaranty of illegal contract or contract void against principal
28-11-204. Liability under guaranty that obligation is good or collectible
28-11-205. When guarantor of payment or performance becomes liable
28-11-206. Liability upon guaranty of conditional obligation -- notice of default
28-11-207. through 28-11-210 reserved
28-11-211. When guarantor exonerated
28-11-212. Rescission of alteration -- liability not restored
28-11-213. Guarantor not exonerated by delay of creditor
28-11-214. Guarantor not exonerated by discharge of principal
28-11-215. Exoneration of guarantor indemnified by principal
28-11-216. Effect of part performance on guarantor's liability