Mont. Code Ann. » TITLE 49. HUMAN RIGHTS · CHAPTER 2. ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION · Part 5. Enforcement
Montana Code Annotated

Mont. Code Ann. § 49-2-508 (2026)

Enforcement Of Commission Or Department Order Or Conciliation Agreement

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MT-LEGleg.mt.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
  1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 49
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 5
  5. 49-2-508 Enforcement of commission or department order or conciliation agreement

TITLE 49. HUMAN RIGHTS

CHAPTER 2. ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION

Part 5. Enforcement

Enforcement Of Commission Or Department Order Or Conciliation Agreement

49-2-508. Enforcement of commission or department order or conciliation agreement. If the order issued under 49-2-506 is not obeyed, the commissioner, the department, or a party may petition the district court in the county where the discriminatory practice occurred or in which the respondent resides or transacts business to enforce the commission's or department's order by any appropriate order. The commissioner, the department, or a party may also commence a civil action in an appropriate district court for relief for a breach of a conciliation agreement.

History: En. 64-310 by Sec. 7, Ch. 283, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 524, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 64-310; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 539, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 467, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 28, L. 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1993–2015 · leading case: Vainio v. Brookshire, 852 P.2d 596 (Mont. 1993).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Vainio v. Brookshire, 852 P.2d 596 (Mont. 1993). · cites it 4× “See § 49-2-505(4), MCA; § 49-2-508, MCA; § 49-2-509(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) and (6), MCA.”
Hansen v. Bozeman Police Dep't, 2015 MT 143 (Mont. 2015). · cites it 2× “The Human Rights Division hearings officer may provide appropriate relief to the aggrieved party, § 49-2-506, MCA, which may be enforced by petition to district court, § 49-2-508, MCA. ¶22 The express allegation in Hansen’s complaint was that Bozeman itself violated the Human…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.