Montana § 71-1-212 Penalties For Failure To Give Certificate Of Discharge Or Release After Full Performance

Montana Statutes

§ 71-1-212 — Penalties For Failure To Give Certificate Of Discharge Or Release After Full Performance

Montana § 71-1-212

Title 71MORTGAGES, PLEDGES, AND LIENS

Ch. 1MORTGAGES

Part 2Mortgages of Real Property

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 71-1-212 (2026).

Text

71-1-212 . Penalties for failure to give certificate of discharge or release after full performance. After the full performance of the conditions of a mortgage and whether before or after a breach of the mortgage, a mortgagee or the personal representative or assignee of the mortgagee who refuses or neglects to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the mortgagor a certificate of discharge or release of the mortgage within 90 days after a request for one is liable to the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs or assigns in the sum of $500 and all actual damages resulting from the neglect or refusal.

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71-1-212 . Penalties for failure to give certificate of discharge or release after full performance. After the full performance of the conditions of a mortgage and whether before or after a breach of the mortgage, a mortgagee or the personal representative or assignee of the mortgagee who refuses or neglects to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the mortgagor a certificate of discharge or release of the mortgage within 90 days after a request for one is liable to the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs or assigns in the sum of $500 and all actual damages resulting from the neglect or refusal.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 39, p. 486, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 39, p. 402, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 216, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 274, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3748, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5755, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 173, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8271, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2941; re-en. Sec. 8271, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 52-210(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 30, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 96, Ch. 2, L. 2009.