{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-33-204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-33-204","heading":"Stay of execution when undertaking filed.","body":"If an execution is issued, on the filing of the undertaking, the justice or judge shall direct the officer to stay all proceedings on the execution. The officer shall, upon the payment of the officer's fees for services rendered on the execution, relinquish all property levied upon and deliver the property to the judgment debtor, together with all money collected from sales or otherwise. If the officer's fees on the execution are not paid, the officer may retain as much of the property or proceeds of the property as may be necessary to pay the fees.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 33. APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT FROM JUSTICES' AND CITY COURTS","Part 2. Undertaking on Appeal -- Stay of Execution"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0330/part_0020/section_0040/0250-0330-0020-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:16Z","sha256":"242dd6c3af7933f3cbba6a22ce74518eb8e018a6420bb7b3b3ae55d6b156ab9e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-33-203","next":"us-mt/25-33-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}