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Title 27 - CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONSChapter 16 - ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Part 2 - ORDER FOR ARREST - EXECUTION
Section 27-16-209 - Liability of sheriff for escape or rescue

Mont. Code § 27-16-209

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Section 27-16-209 - Liability of sheriff for escape or rescue

If after being arrested the defendant escapes or is rescued, the sheriff is liable as bail, but the sheriff may be discharged from liability by the giving justification of bail at any time before judgment.

§ 27-16-209, MCA

En. Sec. 95, p. 151, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 103, p. 48, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 141, p. 73, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 141, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 143, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 823, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6618, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9216, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 501; re-en. Sec. 9216, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4024; amd. Sec. 638, Ch. 56, L. 2009.