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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

M. R. Evid. 408: Compromise and offers to compromise.

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  1. TITLE 26. EVIDENCE
  2. CHAPTER 10. MONTANA RULES OF EVIDENCE
  3. Article IV. Relevancy and Its Limits

Evidence of (1) furnishing or offering or promising to furnish, or (2) accepting or offering or promising to accept, a valuable consideration in compromising or attempting to compromise a claim which was disputed as to either validity or amount is not admissible to prove liability for or invalidity of the claim or its amount. Evidence of conduct or statements made in compromise negotiations is likewise not admissible. This rule does not require exclusion of any evidence otherwise discoverable merely because it is presented in the course of compromise negotiations. This rule also does not require exclusion when the evidence is offered for another purpose, such as proving bias or prejudice of a witness, negativing a contention of undue delay, or proving an effort to obstruct a criminal investigation or prosecution.

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