{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-16-501","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-16-501","heading":"Surrender of defendant.","body":"At any time before judgment or within 10 days after the judgment, the bail may surrender the defendant in their exoneration or the defendant may surrender to the sheriff of the county where the defendant was arrested.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 16. ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS","Part 5. Liability and Exoneration of Sureties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0160/part_0050/section_0010/0270-0160-0050-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:32Z","sha256":"d470bdb29f7bf7702cb4229e3db0cda4f3d2f83eaa49aaf3a0643f277dff2941","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-16-407","next":"us-mt/27-16-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}