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Mont. Code Ann. § 27-18-307 (2026)

Lien Of Attachment

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TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 18. PREJUDGMENT ATTACHMENT

Part 3. Writ of Attachment -- Execution

Lien Of Attachment

27-18-307. Lien of attachment. All liens by attachment shall accrue at the time the property of the defendant shall be attached by the officer charged with the execution of the writ, in the order in which the writs are levied, and said lien shall not be affected by any subsequent attachment or by any judgment obtained subsequent thereto.

History: En. Sec. 160, p. 59, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 202, p. 89, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 202, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 204, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 920, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6687, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9288, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9288, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4335(part).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2021 · leading case: Associated Dermatology & Skin Cancer Clinic of Helena, P.C. v. Fitte, 2016 MT 349, 388 P.3d 632.
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Associated Dermatology & Skin Cancer Clinic of Helena, P.C. v. Fitte, 2016 MT 349, 388 P.3d 632. · cites it 8× “Accordingly, under § 27-18-307, MCA,3 Behlmer and DeTienne’s judgment lien accrued on September 30, 2013, and November 25, 2013, respectively, when the officer charged with executing the writs attached the CGL policy.”
Phillips v. Loberg, 607 P.2d 561 (Mont. 1980). · cites it 6× “) Section 27-18-307, MCA, provides that a lien shall accrue only upon attachment.”
Schweigert v. Schweigert, 519 F. Supp. 3d 803 (D. Mont. 2021). · cites it 2× “§ 27-18-307 (“[a]ll liens by attachment shall accrue at the time the property of the defendant shall be attached by the officer charged with the execution of the writ”).”
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