27-2-402. When defendant is out of state. - Montana Statutes

     27-2-402. When defendant is out of state. When the cause of action accrues against a person who is out of the state and cannot be served with process, the action may be commenced within the term limited under this part after the person's return to the state. If, after the cause of action accrues, the person departs from the state and cannot be served with process, the time of the person's absence is not part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.

     History: En. Sec. 13, p. 468, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 11, p. 517, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 50, p. 50, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 50, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 50, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 541, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6458, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9048, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 351; re-en. Sec. 9048, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2702; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 441, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 600, Ch. 56, L. 2009.