{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-11-411","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-11-411","heading":"Extent of surety's liability.","body":"A surety cannot be held beyond the express terms of the surety's contract, and if the contract prescribes a penalty for breach, the surety cannot in any case be liable for more than the penalty.","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_0110/0280-0110-0040-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:48Z","sha256":"22515f2928406da686a05974bb2ff1466ea5f2783ba64ed91dd7c3c0ebdf43f4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-11-405","next":"us-mt/28-11-412"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}