Montana
Exemptions are as follows: All clothing of the debtor and family, and chairs, tables, desks, and books to the value of two hundred dollars; also all necessary household, table and kitchen furniture, of the judgment debtor, including one sewing-machine, stove, stove-pipe, and stove furniture heating apparatus, beds, bedding and bedsteads and provisions and fuel for individual or family use, sufficient for three months; one horse, saddle and bridle, two cows with their calves, four hogs, and fifty domestic fowl, and feed for such animals for three months; one clock, and all family pictures. In addition to the above, there is exempt to a farmer his farming utensils not exceeding six hundred dollars in value, two oxen, or two horses or mules and their harness, one cart or wagon, and food for such stock for three months; two hundred dollars’ worth of seed, grain, or vegetables actually provided for the purpose of sowing or planting. The proper tools, instruments, or books of any mechanic, physician, dentist, lawyer, or clergyman, and office furniture. To a miner his dwelling and all his tools and machinery necessary for carrying on his avocation, not to exceed in value the aggregate sum of one thousand dollars, and also one horse or mule, and its harness, with its food for three months, in case such stock is used in working his mining claim. One horse, mule, or two oxen, vehicle and harness, by which the debtor habitually earns his living, and one horse with vehicle and harness, of physician or clergyman, used in making professional visits, with food for such stock for three months. All arms, uniforms, etc., required by law to be kept by any person. The wages of the debtor earned at any time within thirty days next preceding the levy, provided they are necessary for the use of his family, residing in the State, supported wholly or in part by his labor. All moneys growing out of life insurance. These exemptions are restricted to married persons or to persons who are the heads of families, and only the wearing apparel of an unmarried person is exempt to him. None but bona fide residents can claim the benefit of this law. A homestead not to exceed in value the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, if agriculture land it is not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres. If within the limits of a town, plat, city, or village, not to exceed one-fourth of an acre. The debtor has his option of the two and may select either, with all improvements thereon, which are included in the valuation.