Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (limits on foreclosures, evictions and disconnections from service)

The record

Jurisdiction

Montana

Level

State

Authority

Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(a), (2)(c); 10-3-313(1)(c) (temporary housing needs); 10-3-305(2); 50-1-202, -203

Issued

2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020

Effective

2020-03-30 ('effective immediately through April 10, 2020') (read as 2020-03-30)

End

Extended through Apr. 24 (MT-012); with the Apr. 13 Directive extended through May 24, 2020, with continuing protection for vulnerable sheltering individuals 30 days after they cease to shelter or the end of the emergency (MT-013, MT-014) (read as 2020-09-30)

In force

Mar. 30, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• landlords
• mortgagees and trustees
• utilities and internet providers
• courts (requested to stay actions)
• public housing authorities
• Commissioner of Banking and Department of Commerce

Functions reached

• SV servicing, collections, foreclosure (prohibited)
• PM property management (evictions prohibited)
• CL closings (trustee's sales halted)
• CT courts (stays requested)

Collection

Montana MT

Operative words

For the duration of this Directive and except as provided herein, there shall be no actions for termination of a tenancy, possession, unlawful holdover, or rent involving a residential dwelling tenancy. No writ, judgment, or order requiring a tenant or authorized guest to surrender or vacate the premises shall be enforced.... no trustee's sale, sheriff's sale, or other involuntary sale of residential real property... shall proceed.... no business or political subdivision of the State supplying electricity, gas, sewage disposal, water, telephone, or internet services... shall terminate that service.

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