27-19-201. When preliminary injunction may be granted. - Montana Statutes

     27-19-201. When preliminary injunction may be granted. An injunction order may be granted in the following cases:
     (1) when it appears that the applicant is entitled to the relief demanded and the relief or any part of the relief consists in restraining the commission or continuance of the act complained of, either for a limited period or perpetually;
     (2) when it appears that the commission or continuance of some act during the litigation would produce a great or irreparable injury to the applicant;
     (3) when it appears during the litigation that the adverse party is doing or threatens or is about to do or is procuring or suffering to be done some act in violation of the applicant's rights, respecting the subject of the action, and tending to render the judgment ineffectual;
     (4) when it appears that the adverse party, during the pendency of the action, threatens or is about to remove or to dispose of the adverse party's property with intent to defraud the applicant, an injunction order may be granted to restrain the removal or disposition;
     (5) when it appears that the applicant has applied for an order under the provisions of 40-4-121 or an order of protection under Title 40, chapter 15.

     History: En. Sec. 83, p. 58, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 112, p. 154, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 129, p. 52, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 171, p. 79, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 171, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 173, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 871, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6643, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9243, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 526; re-en. Sec. 9243, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4204; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 180, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 526, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 350, L. 1995.