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Mont. Code Ann. § 25-2-201

When change of venue required

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case First Financial Trust Co. v. Scott (1996)

Most recently applied in First Financial Trust Co. v. Scott (November 1996)

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The court or judge shall, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases:

(1) when the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county;

(2) when there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the current place of trial;

(3) when the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change;

(4) when a party enters a pleading that challenges, as defined in 25-2-127, a statute or session law if the statute or session law was enacted or amended within the legislative biennium, as defined in 25-2-127; and

(5) when a primary bill sponsor intervenes pursuant to 5-2-107 in a declaratory judgment action.

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.