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TITLE 26. EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 1. STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON EVIDENCE
Part 8. Privileges
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Mont. Code Ann. § 26-1-803

Attorney-client privilege

(1) An attorney cannot, without the consent of the client, be examined as to any communication made by the client to the attorney or the advice given to the client in the course of professional employment.

(2) A client cannot, except voluntarily, be examined as to any communication made by the client to the client's attorney or the advice given to the client by the attorney in the course of the attorney's professional employment.

Official Annotations
History:
En. Secs. 373-377, pp. 210, 211, L. 1867
Re-en. Secs. 447-451, p. 125, Cod. Stat. 1871
En. Secs. 629, 630, pp. 203, 204, L. 1877
Re-en. Secs. 629, 630, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879
Re-en. Secs. 650, 651, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887
Re-en. Sec. 3163, C. Civ. Proc. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 7892, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 10536, R.C.M. 1921
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 83, L. 1925
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1931
Re-en. Sec. 10536, R.C.M. 1935
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1971
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 318, L. 1973
Amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 543, L. 1975
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 225, L. 1977
R.C.M. 1947, 93-701-4(2)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 276, L. 1989
Amd. Sec. 531, Ch. 56, L. 2009 (HB 37 - Campbell, Margarett (D) HD 31)
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