Recovery of statutory penalty or forfeiture
The proper place of trial for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute is the county where the cause or some part thereof arose, except that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river, or other stream of water situated in two or more counties, the action may be brought in any county bordering on such lake, river, or stream and opposite to the place where the offense was committed.
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 19, pagep. 46, Bannack StatutesStat. |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 19, pagep. 137, Laws ofL. 1867 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 24, pagep. 31, CodifiedCod. StatutesStat. 1871 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 57, pagep. 51, Laws ofL. 1877 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 57, 1st DivisionDiv. RevisedRev. StatutesStat. 1879 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 57, 1st DivisionDiv. CompiledComp. StatutesStat. 1887 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 611, Code of Civil ProcedureC. Civ. Proc. 1895 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 6502, RevisedRev. CodeC. 1907 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 9094, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1921 |
| CaliforniaCal. Code of Civil ProcedureC. Civ. Proc. SectionSec. 393 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 9094, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 93-2902(part) |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 12, ChapterCh. 432, Laws ofL. 1985 |
| SectionSec. 25-2-104, Montana Code AnnotatedMCA 1983 |
| RedesignatedRedes. 25-2-124 by Code Commissioner, 1985. |