25-13-610. Tracing exempt personal property. - Montana Statutes

     25-13-610. Tracing exempt personal property. (1) If money or other property exempt under 25-13-608 and 25-13-609 has been sold or has been lost, damaged, or destroyed and the judgment debtor has been indemnified for the property, the debtor is entitled for 6 months to an exemption of proceeds that are traceable, such as in a bank or savings account.
     (2) Earnings exempt under 25-13-614 remain exempt for 45 days after receipt by and while in the possession of the judgment debtor in a form into which the exempt earnings are traceable.
     (3) Proceeds are traceable under this section by application of the principles of first-in first-out, last-in first-out, or any other reasonable basis for tracing selected by the judgment debtor.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 302, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 448, Ch. 56, L. 2009.