{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-16-1001","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-16-1001","heading":"Justice's authority to order arrest.","body":"An order to arrest the defendant may be endorsed on a summons issued by the justice, and the defendant may be arrested thereon by the sheriff or constable at the time of serving the summons and brought before the justice and there detained until duly discharged, in the cases mentioned in 27-16-102.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 16. ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS","Part 10. Arrest in Civil Actions in Justice's Court"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0160/part_0100/section_0010/0270-0160-0100-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:32Z","sha256":"a414a99b2f04062f99baa66030f668f8038226503870d98930dbda73670bdbfc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-16-801","next":"us-mt/27-16-1002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}