37-61-419. Attorney not to become surety on bond. - Montana Statutes

     37-61-419. Attorney not to become surety on bond. (1) Without the consent of the district court judge who had first approved the security, no attorney and counselor at law shall become security in any bond or recognizance of any sheriff, constable, or coroner or upon any bond, undertaking, or recognizance authorized by any statute, to be taken for the payment of any sum of money into court in default of the principal.
     (2) No attorney at law may act as surety for bail or furnish bail.

     History: En. Sec. 14, p. 373, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 14, p. 378, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 53, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 115, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 416, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6408, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8991, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8991, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2118; amd. Sec. 164, Ch. 575, L. 1981.