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Home » US Law » 2022 Montana Code Annotated » Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations » Chapter 2. Contracts » Part 7. Illegal Objects and Provisions » 28-2-702. Contracts that violate policy of law — exemption from responsibility — exception

28-2-702. Contracts that violate policy of law — exemption from responsibility — exception. Except as provided in 27-1-753, all contracts that have for their object, directly or indirectly, to exempt anyone from responsibility for the person’s own fraud, for willful injury to the person or property of another, or for violation of law, whether willful or negligent, are against the policy of the law.

History: En. Sec. 2241, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5052, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7554, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1668; Field Civ. C. Sec. 828; re-en. Sec. 7554, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-802; amd. Sec. 780, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 410, L. 2015.