{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-11-401","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-11-401","heading":"Surety defined.","body":"A surety is one who, at the request of another person and for the purpose of securing to the other person a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the other person of some act in favor of a third person or pledges property as security for the performance.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP","Part 4. Suretyship"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0110/part_0040/section_0010/0280-0110-0040-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:48Z","sha256":"aea912bdf44b3b40d6719c85c78b737e31b9688628a2ab59d1ead8570a62b662","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-11-317","next":"us-mt/28-11-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}