Title 30, Title 30

Towns and cities may tax, license, and regulate persons, firms, associations, corporations, or other legal entities engaging in or desiring to engage in public auctions and may require a license and charge a fee therefor. Towns and cities may provide penalties for violations of t…

A factor is an agent who, in the pursuit of an independent calling, is employed by another person to sell property for that person and is vested by the person with the possession or control of the property or authorized to receive payment for the property from the purchaser.

A factor shall obey the instructions of the factor's principal to the same extent as any other employee, notwithstanding any advances the factor may have made to the principal upon the property consigned to the factor, except that if the principal forbids the factor to sell at th…

A factor may sell property consigned to the factor on credit that is usual but, having once agreed with the purchaser upon the terms of credit, may not extend the terms.

A factor who charges the principal with a guaranty commission upon a sale assumes absolutely to pay the price when it falls due as if it were a debt of the factor's own and not as a mere guarantor for the purchaser. The factor does not assume any additional responsibility for the…

A factor who receives property for sale under a general agreement or usage to guarantee the sales or the remittance of the proceeds cannot be relieved from responsibility for the sale or remittance without the consent of the factor's principal.

In addition to the authority of agents in general, a factor has actual authority for the principal, unless specially restricted, to: (1) insure property consigned to the factor uninsured; (2) sell on credit anything entrusted to the factor for sale, except things that it is contr…

A factor has ostensible authority to deal with the property of the principal as the factor's own in transactions with persons not having notice of the actual ownership.

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Cancellation" or "canceled" means the cessation, termination, or discontinuance of a dealership contract. The term includes but is not limited to resignation, termination, surrender, discontinuance, nonrenewal, refusal t…

(1) Upon cancellation of a written dealership contract between a retailer and a wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor, the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall, at the retailer's request, pay to the retailer, or credit to the retailer's account if the retailer has ou…

The following inventory is not subject to the repurchase requirements of 30-11-702: (1) any repair part that has a limited storage life or is otherwise subject to deterioration, such as rubber items, gaskets, or wet-charge batteries; (2) any repair part that is in a broken or dam…

If the retailer, wholesaler, or majority stockholder in a corporation operating as a retailer or wholesaler entitled to payment under this part dies, the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall, unless the heirs or devisees of the deceased agree to continue to operate the …

Upon the cancellation of a dealership contract, a wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall, at the retailer's request, pay the retailer, or credit to the retailer's account if the retailer has outstanding any sums owing the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor, an amoun…

(1) This part does not affect any contractual right of a wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor to charge back to the retailer's or wholesaler's account any amount previously credited or paid as a discount incident to the retailer's or wholesaler's purchase of the goods. (2) Th…

If any wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor fails or refuses to repurchase or reimburse a wholesaler for any inventory or a retailer for any inventory, signs, special equipment, or special tools as required by 30-11-702, the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor is liable …

(1) The provisions of this part are supplemental to any agreement between: (a) the retailer and wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor governing the inventory, signs, special equipment, or special tools; or (b) the wholesaler and manufacturer or distributor governing the invent…

As used in 30-11-718 through 30-11-720, and this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Authorized integrator" means any third party with whom a dealer has entered into a contractual relationship to perform a specific function for the dealer that permits the third party t…

(1) A third party may not do any of the following: (a) access, share, sell, copy, use, or transmit protected dealer data from a dealer data system without the prior express written consent of the dealer; (b) take any action by contract, technical means, or otherwise to prohibit o…

(1) All dealer data vendors and authorized integrators: (a) may access, use, store, or share protected dealer data only to the extent permitted in the contract with the dealer; (b) shall make any agreement regarding access to, sharing or selling of, copying, using, or transmittin…

(1) A dealer data vendor shall: (a) adopt and make available a standardized framework for the exchange, integration, and sharing of data from dealer data systems with authorized integrators and the retrieval of data by authorized integrators using the STAR standards or a standard…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Community of interest" means a continuing financial interest that the grantor and grantee have in common. (2) "Dealer" means a person who is a grantee of a farm implements dealership situated in this state. (3) "Dealersh…

No grantor may, directly or indirectly, terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days' prior written notice by certified mail of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances. The notice must state all the reasons for ter…

A grantor may not unreasonably withhold consent to any transfer of the dealer's business or transfer of the stock or other interest in the dealership to a designated member or members of the family of the dealer, to the principal owner of the dealership, or to a person whom the d…

(1) If a grantor believes that good cause exists for refusing to honor the succession to the ownership and operation of a dealership by a designated family member or by a designated successor under the existing franchise agreement, the grantor may, within 30 days of receipt of no…

(1) A designated family member or designated successor who receives notice of the grantor's refusal to honor the family member's or successor's succession to the ownership and operation of the dealership may, within the 60-day period provided for in 30-11-805, file with the depar…

Sections 30-11-804 through 30-11-809 do not preclude a dealer from designating any person as the dealer's successor by written instrument filed with the grantor.

A grantor may not attempt or threaten to terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the circumstances of a dealership if the attempt or threat is based on the results of a natural disaster, including a sustained drought, in the dealership market area.

A dealer suffering pecuniary loss due to a violation of 30-11-804 through 30-11-809 or 30-11-814 who prevails in a civil action for the loss is entitled to damages equal to the pecuniary loss, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

If any grantor violates this part, a dealer may bring an action against such grantor in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained as a consequence of the grantor's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, and the…

(1) In addition to the terms of a dealership contract, in the event of a proposed sale or transfer of a dealership or of a location at which the dealer conducts any of the dealership's business, one or more grantors shall have the option to exercise a right of first refusal to ac…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Community of interest" means a continuing financial interest that the grantor and grantee have in common. (2) "Construction equipment" means any vehicle, machine, or attachment designed or adapted and used in constructio…

A grantor may not, directly or indirectly, terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days' prior written notice by certified mail of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances. The notice must state all the reasons for ter…

A grantor may not unreasonably withhold consent to any transfer of the dealer's business or transfer of the stock or other interest in the dealership to a designated family member, to the principal owner of the dealership, or to a person whom the dealer wishes to designate as a d…

(1) If a grantor believes that good cause exists for refusing to honor the succession to the ownership and operation of a dealership by a designated family member or by a designated successor under the existing franchise agreement, the grantor may, within 30 days of receipt of no…

(1) A designated family member or designated successor who receives notice of the grantor's refusal to honor succession to the ownership and operation of the dealership may, within the 60-day period provided for in 30-11-905, file with the department a verified complaint for a he…

Sections 30-11-904 through 30-11-908 do not preclude a dealer from designating any person as the dealer's successor by written instrument filed with the grantor.

A dealer suffering pecuniary loss due to a violation of 30-11-904 through 30-11-908 or 30-11-914 who prevails in a civil action for the loss is entitled to damages equal to the pecuniary loss, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

If any grantor violates this part, a dealer may bring an action against the grantor in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained as a consequence of the grantor's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, and the …

(1) In addition to the terms of a dealership contract, in the event of a proposed sale or transfer of a dealership or of a location at which the dealer conducts any of the dealership's business, one or more grantors shall have the option to exercise a right of first refusal to ac…

Unless the context requires otherwise, in parts 1 through 5 of this chapter the following definitions apply: (1) "Barrel", when used in connection with fermented liquor, means a unit of 31 gallons. (2) "Commerce", "trade", or "commercial" means a monetary or value exchange betwee…

This part may be cited as the "Uniform Commercial Code--Controllable Electronic Records".

The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems may be used for all commercial purposes in the state of Montana. The definitions of basic units o…

(1) As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (a) (i) "Controllable electronic record" means a record stored in an electronic medium that can be subjected to control under 30-12A-105. (ii) The term does not include a controllable account, a controllable payment intan…

(1) If there is conflict between Title 30, chapter 9A, and this part, Title 30, chapter 9A, governs. (2) A transaction subject to this part is subject to any applicable rule of law that establishes a different rule for consumers, Title 30, chapter 14, part 1, Title 31, chapter 1,…