{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-24-424","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-24-424","heading":"Refusal of access -- landlord's remedies.","body":"(1) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord may issue a 24-hour notice to correct or obtain immediate injunctive relief to compel access. In either case, the landlord may recover actual damages. If the 24-hour notice to correct is not remedied, the landlord may issue a 3-day notice to terminate the rental agreement.\n(2) If a tenant removes a lock or replaces or adds a lock not supplied by the landlord to the premises and fails to provide a key as required by 70-24-312(5), the landlord may issue a 24-hour notice to correct or obtain immediate injunctive relief. If the 24-hour notice to correct is not remedied, the landlord may issue a 3-day notice to terminate the rental agreement.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 24. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT OF 1977","Part 4. Remedies"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0040/section_0240/0700-0240-0040-0240.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:43Z","sha256":"f1a22b1d4ad1859cdf798be80698d4de4abf92084f6864ff9336dbd65060df5a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-24-423","next":"us-mt/70-24-425"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}