Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Suretyship
28-11-412. Exoneration of surety

28-11-412. Exoneration of surety. A surety is exonerated:
(1) in like manner with a guarantor;
(2) to the extent to which the surety is prejudiced by any act of the creditor that would naturally prove injurious to the remedies of the surety or inconsistent with the surety's rights or that lessens the surety's security; or
(3) to the extent to which the surety is prejudiced by an omission of the creditor, when required by the surety, to do anything that it is the creditor's duty to do.
History: En. Sec. 3684, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5686, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8201, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2840; Field Civ. Sec. 1564; re-en. Sec. 8201, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 185, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 30-407; amd. Sec. 832, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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