Title 25, Title 25

In an action involving two or more claims for which this part designates more than one as a proper place of trial, a party entitled to a change of place of trial on any claim is entitled to a change of place of trial on the entire action, subject to the power of the court to sepa…

If there are two or more defendants in an action, a county that is a proper place of trial for any defendant is proper for all defendants, subject to the power of the court to order separate trials under Rule 42(b) of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. If an action with two or…

(1) Except as provided in 25-2-127 and subsection (3) of this section, the proper place of trial for all civil actions is the county in which the defendants or any of them reside at the commencement of the action. (2) If none of the defendants reside in the state, the proper plac…

(1) The proper place of trial for actions upon contracts is either: (a) the county in which the defendants, or any of them, reside at the commencement of the action; or (b) the county in which the contract was to be performed. The county in which the contract was to be performed …

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (4), the proper place of trial for a tort action is: (a) the county in which the defendants or any of them reside at the commencement of the action; or (b) the county in which the tort was committed. If the tort is interrelated wi…

(1) The proper place of trial for the following actions is the county in which the subject of the action or some part thereof is situated: (a) for the recovery of real property or of an estate or an interest therein or for the determination, in any form, of such right or interest…

The proper place of trial for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute is the county where the cause or some part thereof arose, except that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river, or other stream of water situated in two or more counties, …

Except as provided in 25-2-127, the proper place of trial for an action against a public officer or person specially appointed to execute the officer's duties for an act done by the officer or person in virtue of the office or against a person who, by the officer's or person's co…

(1) Except as provided in 25-2-127 and subsection (2) of this section, the proper place of trial for an action against the state is in the county in which the claim arose or in Lewis and Clark County. In an action against the state brought by a resident of the state, the county o…

(1) The proper place of trial for an action that challenges a statute or session law enacted or amended within the legislative biennium is in a county that is wholly or partially within the legislative district of the primary sponsor of the bill that enacted or amended the statut…

The provisions of this part do not repeal, by implication or otherwise, specific statutes not within this part, designating a proper place of trial, whether or not such a designation is called venue or proper place of trial.

The court or judge shall, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases: (1) when the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county; (2) when there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the current place of trial; (3) when the c…

All the parties to an action, by stipulation or by consent in open court entered in the minutes, may agree that the place of trial may be changed to any county in the state. Thereupon the court must order the change as agreed upon.

When an order is made transferring an action or proceeding for trial, the clerk of the court must transmit the pleading and papers therein to the clerk of the court to which it is transferred.

The court to which an action or proceeding is transferred has and exercises over the same the like jurisdiction as if it had been originally commenced therein.

When an action or proceeding affecting the title to or possession of real estate has been brought in or transferred to any court of a county other than the county in which the real estate or some portion of the real estate is situated, the clerk of the court shall, after final ju…