{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-2-211","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-2-211","heading":"Actions to enforce penalty or forfeiture or other statutory liability.","body":"(1) Within 2 years is the period prescribed for the commencement of an action upon:\n(a) a statute for a penalty or forfeiture when the action is given to an individual or to an individual and the state, except when the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation;\n(b) a statute or an undertaking in a criminal action for a forfeiture or penalty to the state;\n(c) a liability created by statute other than:\n(i) a penalty or forfeiture; or\n(ii) a statutory debt created by the payment of public assistance.\n(2) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action by a municipal corporation for the violation of any city or town ordinance is within 1 year.\n(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, actions against directors or stockholders of a corporation to recover a penalty or forfeiture imposed or to enforce a liability created by law must be brought within 3 years after the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts upon which the penalty of forfeiture attached or the liability was created.\n(4) Unless fraud is involved or unless a support obligation has been entered, an action to enforce a statutory debt created by the payment of public assistance must be brought within 5 years from the date the debt arises. If fraud is involved, an action must be brought within 5 years of the discovery of the fraud. If a support obligation has been entered, an action must be brought within 10 years of the termination of the support obligation or within 10 years from entry of a lump-sum judgment or order for support arrears, whichever is later.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 2. STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS","Part 2. Time Limits on Specific Kinds of Actions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0110/0270-0020-0020-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:27Z","sha256":"e14683219f007b3851c0bf982ddb6b93a4af87d4b332ec1c6950fccb643dd88b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-2-210","next":"us-mt/27-2-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}