Mont. Code Ann. § 22-1-506
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22-1-506 Liability for injury to books or failure to return
Official statutory text
22-1-506 . Liability for injury to books or failure to return. A person who defaces, tears, or otherwise injures any book or other work or who fails to return any book taken by the person is liable to the state in three times the value of the book if the book is not replaced by a new one or another book of identical title, in good order and condition. A statute of limitations may not ever be effective against the claim of the state under this section.
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