{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-123","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-123","heading":"Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action -- applicability.","body":"A statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent, which had not been barred as of the date of the decedent's death, may not apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than 4 months after death. A cause of action that, but for this section, would have been barred less than 4 months after death is barred after 4 months unless tolled.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0230/0720-0030-0010-0230.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"7330fa550073c4a056a58aa4f88135c4808198c3f8e4d5b50134a55438724edc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-122","next":"us-mt/72-3-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}