3-1-504. Reentry on property after eviction. A person who is dispossessed of or ejected from or out of any real property by the judgment or process of a court of competent jurisdiction and who, not having the right so to do, reenters into or upon or takes possession of the real property or induces or procures any person not having a right so to do or aids or abets that person to enter into or upon or take possession of the real property is guilty of a contempt of the court that rendered the judgment or that issued the process. Upon conviction for contempt, the court or justice of the peace shall immediately issue an alias process directed to the proper officer requiring that officer to restore the party entitled to the possession of that property, under the original judgment or process, to possession.
History: En. Sec. 567, p. 186, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 567, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 585, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 2171, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7310, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9909, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1210; re-en. Sec. 9909, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-9802; amd. Sec. 133, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Courts and Judicial Officers Generally
3-1-501. What acts or omissions are contempts -- civil and criminal contempt
3-1-502. Order refused -- subsequent applications prohibited
3-1-504. Reentry on property after eviction
3-1-505. through 3-1-510 reserved
3-1-511. Procedure -- contempt committed in presence of court
3-1-512. Procedure -- contempt not in presence of the court
3-1-513. Warrant -- statement of charge
3-1-514. Endorsement allowing bail on warrant
3-1-515. Arrest and detention by sheriff
3-1-516. Bail bond -- form and conditions of
3-1-517. Return of warrant and undertaking
3-1-520. Penalty to compel performance
3-1-521. Proceedings when party fails to appear
3-1-522. Illness sufficient excuse -- confinement under arrest
3-1-523. Judgment and orders in contempt cases final -- family law exception