Question

MCA § 25-13-501 provides the following regarding gold dust:

"Gold dust must be returned by the officer as so much money collected, at its current value, without exposing the same to sale."

What does this mean?

Answer 1

MCA stands for Montana Code Annotated. Here the number 25-13-501 is denoting a special information. The no. 25 refers to Civil Procedure, 13 refers to Execution of Judgment and 5 refer to the Property Subject to Execution. Therefore in our context Montana Code Annotated refers to the Law regarding the judgement of property which are subject to execution during a civil procedure.
It’s a legal term making change in the wording will change the law itself. However the phrase “Gold dust must be returned by the officer as so much money collected, as its current value without exposing the same to sale” refers to the property which are subject to execution whether money, goods, shares, debts, etc. which not be affected by the execution until it is subjected to levy.

Remember unit the property is levy it should not be sold or be a part of execution. In fact it should be return in current value.