{"id":"MT-011","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Steve Bullock","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","instrument":"Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (limits on foreclosures, evictions and disconnections from service)","title":"Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to limit foreclosures, evictions, and disconnections from service","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"2020-03-30 (\u0027effective immediately through April 10, 2020\u0027)","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)","startDate":"2020-03-30","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["landlords","mortgagees and trustees","utilities and internet providers","courts (requested to stay actions)","public housing authorities","Commissioner of Banking and Department of Commerce"],"clause":"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\u0027s sale, sheriff\u0027s 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.","enforcement":"\u0027This Directive supersedes, suspends, or preempts any conflicting state or local statute, rule, ordinance, or order\u0027; no default judgment may be entered in covered actions","functions":["SV servicing, collections, foreclosure (prohibited)","PM property management (evictions prohibited)","CL closings (trustee\u0027s sales halted)","CT courts (stays requested)"],"notes":"Excludes property rented for commercial business use; the Commissioner of Banking directed to \u0027immediately engage with financial institutions\u0027 on foreclosure relief","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.mt.gov/_docs/Evictions%20Foreclosures%20and%20Utilities.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":349648,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-011","citation":"Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (limits on foreclosures, evictions and disconnections from service) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MT-011)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-012","MT-013","MT-014","MT-010","MT-009","MT-025","MT-026","MT-027","MT-024","MT-028","MT-007","MT-008"]}