27-2-201. Actions upon judgments. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) through (5), the period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of record of the United States or of any state within the United States is within 10 years. (2) The period prescribed for the commencement of an […]
27-2-202. Actions based on contract or other obligation. (1) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon any contract, obligation, or liability founded upon an instrument in writing is within 8 years. (2) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon a contract, account, or promise not founded on an instrument in writing […]
27-2-203. Actions for relief on ground of fraud or mistake. The period prescribed for the commencement of an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake is within 2 years, the cause of action in such case not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts […]
27-2-204. Tort actions — general and personal injury. (1) Except as provided in 27-2-216, the period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon a liability not founded upon an instrument in writing is within 3 years. (2) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action to recover damages for the death of one caused by […]
27-2-205. Actions for medical malpractice. (1) Action in tort or contract for injury or death against a physician or surgeon, physician assistant, dentist, dental hygienist, registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, nursing home or hospital administrator, dispensing optician, optometrist, licensed physical therapist, podiatrist, psychologist, osteopath, chiropractor, clinical laboratory bioanalyst, clinical laboratory technologist, pharmacist, veterinarian, a licensed […]
27-2-206. Actions for legal malpractice. An action against an attorney licensed to practice law in Montana or a paralegal assistant or a legal intern employed by an attorney based upon the person’s alleged professional negligent act or for error or omission in the person’s practice must be commenced within 3 years after the plaintiff discovers or […]
27-2-207. Injuries involving property. Within 2 years is the period prescribed for the commencement of an action for: (1) injury to or waste or trespass on real or personal property; (2) taking, detaining, or injuring any goods or chattels, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; (3) killing or injuring stock by a railroad corporation or company. […]
27-2-208. Actions for damages arising out of work on improvements to real property or land surveying. (1) Except as provided in 70-19-427(1) and subsections (2) and (3) of this section, an action to recover damages (other than an action upon any contract, obligation, or liability founded upon an instrument in writing) resulting from or arising out […]
27-2-209. Actions against local government or local government official. (1) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action against a sheriff, coroner, or constable upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in that person’s official capacity and in virtue of that person’s office or by the omission of an official duty, including […]
27-2-210. Actions arising from the seizure or sale of property for taxes. (1) Within 1 year is the period prescribed for the commencement of an action against an officer or officer de facto: (a) to recover any goods, wares, merchandise, or other property seized by the officer in the officer’s official capacity as tax collector; (b) to recover […]
27-2-211. Actions to enforce penalty or forfeiture or other statutory liability. (1) Within 2 years is the period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon: (a) a statute for a penalty or forfeiture when the action is given to an individual or to an individual and the state, except when the statute imposing it prescribes a […]
27-2-212. Actions arising from wrongful removal or exclusion from office. Within 6 months is the period prescribed for the commencement of: (1) any action for the restoration to office by any person wrongfully or illegally removed or excluded from office; (2) any suit for the recovery of salary or other emoluments of office by any person having been […]
27-2-213. Actions against banks. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), there are no time limitations on the commencement of actions to recover money or other property deposited with any bank, banker, trust company, or savings and loan corporation, association, or society. (2) Any action to obtain, set aside, or question in any manner any stated or […]
27-2-214. Actions for mesne profits of real property. The period prescribed for the commencement of an action for mesne profits of real property is within 10 years. History: Ap. p. Sec. 1, p. 172, L. 1889; amd. Sec. 511, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6444, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9028; R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. […]
27-2-215. Renumbered 27-2-231. Code Commissioner, 1989.
27-2-216. Tort actions — childhood sexual abuse. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), an action based on intentional conduct brought by a person for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of childhood sexual abuse against the individual who committed the acts must be commenced: (a) before the victim of the act of childhood […]
27-2-217. Repealed. Sec. 10, Ch. 367, L. 2019. History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 560, L. 1993.
27-2-218 through 27-2-230 reserved.
27-2-231. Other actions. An action for relief not otherwise provided for must be commenced within 5 years after the cause of action accrues. History: En. Sec. 518, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6451, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9041, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 343; re-en. Sec. 9041, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2613; amd. […]
