{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-7-223","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-7-223","heading":"Challenges to jurors for cause.","body":"Challenges for cause may be taken on one or more of the following grounds:\n(1) a want of any of the qualifications prescribed by this code to render a person competent as a juror;\n(2) being the spouse of or related to a party by consanguinity or affinity within the sixth degree;\n(3) standing in the relation of guardian and ward, debtor and creditor, employer and employee, or principal and agent to either party or being a partner in business with either party or surety on any bond or obligation for either party. However, a challenge for cause may not be taken because of debtor and creditor relation when the same arises solely:\n(a) by reason of current bills of gas, water, electricity, or telephone; or\n(b) because a prospective juror is a depositor of funds with a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or similar financial institution.\n(4) having served as a juror or been a witness on a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action;\n(5) interest on the part of the juror in the event of the action or in the main question involved in the action, except the juror's interest as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation;\n(6) having an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action;\n(7) the existence of a state of mind in the juror evincing enmity against or bias in favor of either party.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 7. TRIALS","Part 2. Selection of Jury"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0070/part_0020/section_0230/0250-0070-0020-0230.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:02Z","sha256":"5163fdc768c464c9db0ad3e9c21c01440cf044e6595a4d23c04b5dce181b44e1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-7-222","next":"us-mt/25-7-224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}