{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-9-710","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-9-710","heading":"Prejudgment and judgment interest.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), recovery of prejudgment or preaward interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, with respect to a foreign-money claim, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state.\n(2) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of prejudgment or preaward interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment or governing conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.\n(3) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 9. JUDGMENT","Part 7. Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0090/part_0070/section_0100/0250-0090-0070-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:04Z","sha256":"37339e38993624b6a570c3c6582dd1edf2137ded65797a6e360e4a527b1201f5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-9-709","next":"us-mt/25-9-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}