Montana Code Annotated
Title 26. Evidence
Chapter 2. Subpoenas and Witnesses

Part 1. Subpoenas

26-2-101. Subpoena defined - 26-2-101. Subpoena defined. The process by which the attendance of...

26-2-102. Issuance of subpoena - 26-2-102. Issuance of subpoena. The subpoena is issued as follows:...

26-2-103. Service of subpoena on concealed witness - 26-2-103. Service of subpoena on concealed witness. If a witness...

26-2-104. Disobedience -- how punished - 26-2-104. Disobedience -- how punished. Disobedience to a subpoena or...

26-2-105. Disobedience -- civil damages - 26-2-105. Disobedience -- civil damages. A witness disobeying a subpoena...

26-2-106. Warrant to arrest and bring in disobedient witness - 26-2-106. Warrant to arrest and bring in disobedient witness. In...

26-2-107. Contents of warrant -- execution - 26-2-107. Contents of warrant -- execution. Each warrant of commitment...

26-2-108. through 26-2-110 reserved - 26-2-108 through 26-2-110 reserved.

26-2-111. Time during which subpoena is effective - 26-2-111. Time during which subpoena is effective. A subpoena remains...

Part 2. Securing Testimony of Witness Who Is a Prisoner

26-2-201. Court order to obtain deposition or attendance of prisoner - 26-2-201. Court order to obtain deposition or attendance of prisoner....

26-2-202. Motion and affidavit required - 26-2-202. Motion and affidavit required. Such order can only be...

26-2-203. When production of witness may be required - 26-2-203. When production of witness may be required. If the...

Part 3. Duties of Witnesses

26-2-301. Witness required to attend when subpoenaed - 26-2-301. Witness required to attend when subpoenaed. A witness served...

26-2-302. Witness required to answer questions - 26-2-302. Witness required to answer questions. A witness shall answer...

26-2-303. Person present required to testify - 26-2-303. Person present required to testify. A person present in...

Part 4. Protection of Witnesses

26-2-401. Right of witness to protection from harassment - 26-2-401. Right of witness to protection from harassment. It is...

26-2-402. Witness protected from arrest when attending, going, and returning - 26-2-402. Witness protected from arrest when attending, going, and returning....

26-2-403. Arrest void -- punishment and liability - 26-2-403. Arrest void -- punishment and liability. The arrest of...

26-2-404. Affidavit of arrested witness -- exoneration of arresting officer - 26-2-404. Affidavit of arrested witness -- exoneration of arresting officer....

26-2-405. Discharge of witness from arrest by court or judge - 26-2-405. Discharge of witness from arrest by court or judge....

Part 5. Witness Fees

26-2-501. Witnesses in courts of record and before certain court officers - 26-2-501. Witnesses in courts of record and before certain court...

26-2-502. Witnesses in courts not of record -- civil actions - 26-2-502. Witnesses in courts not of record -- civil actions....

26-2-503. Witnesses in courts not of record -- criminal actions and on coroner's inquests - 26-2-503. Witnesses in courts not of record -- criminal actions...

26-2-504. Interpreters to be paid as witnesses - 26-2-504. Interpreters to be paid as witnesses. Interpreters and translators...

26-2-505. Expert witnesses - 26-2-505. Expert witnesses. An expert is a witness and receives...

26-2-506. Fees paid by party subpoenaing -- exceptions - 26-2-506. Fees paid by party subpoenaing -- exceptions. (1) Except...

26-2-507. Demand for advance payment of witness fees in civil action - 26-2-507. Demand for advance payment of witness fees in civil...

26-2-508. Witnesses for state, county, or public defender -- advance payment not required - 26-2-508. Witnesses for state, county, or public defender -- advance...

26-2-509. Certificate of clerk to witness to obtain payment - 26-2-509. Certificate of clerk to witness to obtain payment. The...

26-2-510. Application of sections exempting from advance payment - 26-2-510. Application of sections exempting from advance payment. The provisions...

26-2-511. through 26-2-514 reserved - 26-2-511 through 26-2-514 reserved.

26-2-515. State employees -- compensation for time spent answering subpoena - 26-2-515. State employees -- compensation for time spent answering subpoena....

Part 6. Expert Witness Qualifications -- Medical Malpractice

26-2-601. Medical malpractice expert witness qualifications - 26-2-601. Medical malpractice expert witness qualifications. (1) A person may...