# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Montana (FY2025) — context brief

Montana's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **1 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $1,779,366 in Montana (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **129,805 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Montana (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in Montana (FY2025): Agricultural Worker 1, Basic Field 1, Native American 1** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Montana (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Montana (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Montana sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-204(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0020-0020-0040.html)
- **Montana sets a 2 years (from discovery) civil statute of limitations for fraud (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-203)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0030/0270-0020-0020-0030.html)
- **Montana sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-207)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0070/0270-0020-0020-0070.html)
- **Montana sets a 3 years (within 5 from injury) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-205)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0050/0270-0020-0020-0050.html)
- **Montana sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-204)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0020-0020-0040.html)
- **Montana sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-204)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0020-0020-0040.html)
- **Montana sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-204(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0020-0020-0040.html)
- **Montana sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-202(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0020/0270-0020-0020-0020.html)
- **Montana sets a 8 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-202(1))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0020/0270-0020-0020-0020.html)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/mt.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Montana — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 1 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 3 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 1779366 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Montana — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (3): Agricultural Worker — 1; Basic Field — 1; Native American — 1…
**Montana — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (3): Montana Legal Services Association — MT-1 — Basic Field — 1359362 — 114631; Montana Legal Services Association — NMT-1 — Native American — 240065 — ; Montana Legal Services Association — MMT — Agricultural Worker — 179939 — 15174…