Montana

Getting Evicted / Ending Your Rental

Information and Forms

• Answering Your Landlord's Complaint to Evict You Form (interactive)

  This form allows you to answer your landlord's complaint to evict you. Interactive forms allow you to answer questions in an online interview. The computer uses your answers to fill in the forms. Then you print them. You can save and make corrections to your answers before printing. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Answering Your Landlord's Complaint to Evict You Form (write-in-the-blanks)

  This form allows you to answer your landlord's complaint to evict you. Write-in-the-blank forms allow you to print out the form, then write your information in with a pen. Content Detail

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  State of Montana Supreme Court

• Brochure - Evictions

  A trifold brochure covering the basics of eviction in Montana. Un folleto que cubre los fundamentos del desalojo en Montana. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Brochure - Security Deposits

  A trifold brochure covering the basics of security deposits in Montana. Un folleto que cubre los fundamentos de los depósitos de garantía en Montana. Read More

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Do you know that a new online tool can help you find the legal information you need?

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• Evictions

  Information about what your rights are if your landlord threatens to force you to move out. Read More

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Fair Housing Information Sheet: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Prevent Eviction

  This article discusses how a request for reasonable accomodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act can be used to prevent a disabled person from being evicted. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• How to Answer if You Get Sued

  What to do if you get sued and served with court papers. Read More

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• How to Apply for Relief if Your Landlord Gets a Judgment Against You

  You can use these forms if your landlord sued you in Justice Court and got a judgment against you because you did not file a written answer or you did not appear in court. You must have a good reason for why you didn’t file a written answer or appear in court. It’s up to the court to decide whether you had a good reason. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association

• Improper Notice of Termination Letter Form (write-in-the-blanks)

  This letter allows you to tell your landlord that the notice to vacate is not proper under the law. Write-in-the-blank forms allow you to print out a form, then write your information into the form with a pen. Content Detail

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  Montana Supreme Court Commission on Self Represented Litigants

• Mediation Fact Sheet

  Learn about what happens during and after mediation. Learn about what rights you have regarding mediation. Read More

• Moving Out or Breaking Your Lease

  Information about what you must do before you can move out of your rented apartment or house. Read More

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Notice of Moving Out Form (write-in-the-blanks)

  This letter allows you to write to your landlord to let him/her know you will be moving or have already moved. Write-in-the-blank forms allow you to print out a form, then write your information into the form with a pen. Content Detail

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  Montana Supreme Court Commission on Self Represented Litigants

• The Basics of Renting a Home in Montana

  Covers some basic FAQs about renting a home in the state of Montana. Content Detail

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  State Bar of Montana

• The LawHelper! Need to Represent Yourself in Court or Deal with a Rental Problem? Get help here.

  A tool to use to find the information you need to represent yourself or handle a problem with your rental. Read More