{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-1-1603","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-1-1603","heading":"Effect of release of some but not all joint debtors.","body":"A release of one of two or more joint debtors does not extinguish the obligation of any of the others unless they are mere guarantors, nor does it affect their rights to contribution from the released debtor.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL","Part 16. Release of Debtor by Creditor"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0010/part_0160/section_0030/0280-0010-0160-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:42Z","sha256":"aeec30f9653712fcdbe5c875ae47a5d939da3d9940bcb3645a9212b6ca76f176","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-1-1602","next":"us-mt/28-2-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}