Montana Code Annotated

Mont. Code Ann. § 27-20-302 (2026)

Powers Of Receiver

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TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 20. RECEIVERS

Part 3. Action by Receivers -- Removal

Powers Of Receiver

27-20-302. Powers of receiver. The receiver has, under the control of the court, the power to:

(1) bring and defend actions in the receiver's own name, as receiver;

(2) take and keep possession of the property;

(3) receive rents, collect debts, and compound for and compromise the rents and debts;

(4) make transfers; and

(5) generally do acts respecting the property that the court may authorize.

History: En. Sec. 225, p. 94, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 225, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 233, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 955, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6703, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9306, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 568; re-en. Sec. 9306, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4406; amd. Sec. 720, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: PF2 Leasing, LLC v. Jim Galipeau, 2021 MT 308.
PF2 Leasing, LLC v. Jim Galipeau, 2021 MT 308. · cites it 2× “The court appointed Galipeau, granting 2 him the powers enumerated in § 27-20-302, MCA1, and ordering him to “marshal, preserve, protect, maintain, manage and safeguard the Assets of Black Gold Enterprises, LLC in a reasonable, prudent, diligent, and efficient manner.”
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