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Mont. Code Ann. § 25-13-609

Personal property exempt subject to value limitations

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Ostrovsky v. Monroe (In Re Ellingson) (1999)

Most recently applied in In re Gilica (May 2015)

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A judgment debtor is entitled to exemption from execution of the following:

(1) the judgment debtor's interest, not to exceed $7,000 in aggregate value, to the extent of a value not exceeding $1,250 in any item of property, in household furnishings and goods, appliances, jewelry, wearing apparel, books, firearms and other sporting goods, animals, feed, crops, and musical instruments;

(2) the judgment debtor's interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in one motor vehicle; and

(3) the judgment debtor's interest, not to exceed $4,500 in aggregate value, in any implements, professional books, and tools, of the trade of the judgment debtor or a dependent of the judgment debtor.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.