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Mont. Code Ann. § 70-32-203 (2026)

Execution Under Judgments Not Enumerated -- Application Required

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TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 32. HOMESTEADS

Part 2. Homestead Exemption -- Execution

Execution Under Judgments Not Enumerated -- Application Required

70-32-203. Execution under judgments not enumerated -- application required. When an execution for the enforcement of a judgment obtained in a case not within the classes enumerated in 70-32-202 is levied upon the homestead, the judgment creditor may apply to the district court of the county in which the homestead is situated or a judge thereof for the appointment of persons to appraise the value thereof.

History: En. Sec. 1678, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4702, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6953, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1245; re-en. Sec. 6953, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 33-109.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2015 · leading case: Neel v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Assoc., 675 P.2d 96 (Mont. 1984).
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Neel v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Assoc., 675 P.2d 96 (Mont. 1984). · cites it 3× “Proper notice of the sale of appellant’s home was given, and on September 28, 1981, respondent filed a “Petition to Appoint Appraisers to Appraise Homestead after Levy of Execution Pursuant to Section 70-32-203, MCA.” On October 2, 1981, appellant filed this action seeking a…”
Reichert v. Koch, 655 P.2d 993 (Mont. 1983). · cites it 8× “smissed appellants’ suit for malicious execution, (2) dismissed appellants’ suit against the sheriff and *169 dissolved the preliminary injunction, (3) dismissed respondent’s complaint for declaratory judgment, (4) acknowledged the existence of appellants’ Montana homestead…”
In re Wright, 525 B.R. 464 (Bankr. D. Mont. 2015). “MCA § 70-32-203 authorizes a creditor with a judgment obtained not within the classes enumerated in § 70-32-202, to apply for the appointment of persons to appraise the value of the homestead in case the value exceeds the $250,000 limitation fixed by § 70-32-104(1).”
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