{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-28-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-28-101","heading":"When proceeding may be instituted for unlawful assertion of authority.","body":"A civil action may be brought in the name of the state against:\n(1) a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office, civil or military, or a franchise within this state or an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state;\n(2) a public officer, civil or military, who does or suffers an act that, by the provisions of law, works a forfeiture of office;\n(3) an association of persons who act as a corporation within this state without being legally incorporated.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 28. QUO WARRANTO","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0280/part_0010/section_0010/0270-0280-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:37Z","sha256":"c9cea902189e2c91107ffc5f63ca9e767ec864af5a6d5545e0362ff02632e6cc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-27-104","next":"us-mt/27-28-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}