{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-1-1002","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-1-1002","heading":"Permissible uses for affidavits.","body":"An affidavit may be used:\n(1) to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding;\n(2) to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding;\n(3) to obtain a provisional remedy, the examination of a witness, or a stay of proceedings;\n(4) upon a motion; and\n(5) in any other case expressly permitted by some other provision of this code.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 1. STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON EVIDENCE","Part 10. Affidavits"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0010/part_0100/section_0020/0260-0010-0100-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:20Z","sha256":"17a02da6369460c92e917bb4c9380e535754525543aba9603b5e925e005dfaea","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-1-1001","next":"us-mt/26-1-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}