Montana § 61-6-121 - Courts To Report Nonpayment Of Judgments

Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 61-6-121 — Courts To Report Nonpayment Of Judgments, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 61-6-121. Courts To Report Nonpayment Of Judgments

Courts to report nonpayment of judgments. (1) Whenever a person fails within 60 days to satisfy a judgment, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or the creditor's attorney, the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court that does not have a clerk, in which any judgment is rendered within this state shall forward to the department immediately after the expiration of the 60 days a certified copy of the judgment. (2) If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 61-6-121 ("Courts To Report Nonpayment Of Judgments") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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