Montana § 30-1-102 Purposes -- Rules Of Construction

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§ 30-1-102 — Purposes -- Rules Of Construction

Montana § 30-1-102

Title 30TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 1UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 1Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code

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Mont. Code Ann. § 30-1-102 (2026).

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30-1-102 . Purposes -- rules of construction.

(1)This code must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:

(a)to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;

(b)to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties;

(c)to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

(2)In this code unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)words in the singular number include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(b)words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender.

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30-1-102 . Purposes -- rules of construction. (1) This code must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:
(a) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;
(b) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties;
(c) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
(2) In this code unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) words in the singular number include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(b) words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender.