Defamation · Montana
For Defamation · Montana, limitation period is within 2 years; how the statute describes it is an action for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or seduction, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Defamation our reading
- State
- Montana verified
- Limitation period
- within 2 years verified
- How the statute describes it
- an action for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or seduction verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(3) The period prescribed for the commencement of an action for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or seduction is within 2 years.
— mca.legmt.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- mca.legmt.govhttps://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0020-0020-0040.html