{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-2-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-2-304","heading":"Actions involving personal property accruing after death and before issuance of letters of administration.","body":"The time within which an action must be commenced by an executor or administrator to recover personal property taken after the death of a testator or intestate and before the issuing of letters of administration or to recover damages for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property within the same period shall be computed from:\n(1) the time of issuing such letters if they are issued within 5 years of the death;\n(2) 5 years after the death if the letters have not then been issued.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 2. STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS","Part 3. Accrual of Cause of Action"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0040/0270-0020-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:28Z","sha256":"091928206d3eaca05809237e6211414f159229a35632616c4c57ed08f0eca36d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-2-303","next":"us-mt/27-2-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}