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Montana Code Annotated · § 27-17-301 — Duty of sheriff to keep and deliver property

27-17-301. Duty of sheriff to keep and deliver property

When the sheriff has taken property, as provided in this chapter, the sheriff shall keep the property in a secure place and deliver it to the party entitled to the property upon receiving the sheriff's lawful fees for taking and the necessary expenses for keeping the property.

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History and annotations

En. Sec. 108, p. 153, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 125, p. 51, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 167, p. 79, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 167, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 169, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 853, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6635, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9233, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 518; re-en. Sec. 9233, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4114; amd. Sec. 665, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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