Montana § 28-10-501 When Agent May Delegate Powers

Montana Statutes

§ 28-10-501 — When Agent May Delegate Powers

Montana § 28-10-501

Title 28CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

Ch. 10AGENCY

Part 5Subagents

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 28-10-501 (2026).

Text

28-10-501 . When agent may delegate powers. An agent, unless specially forbidden by the principal to do so, can delegate the agent's powers to another person in any of the following cases and in no others:

(1)when the act to be done is purely mechanical;

(2)when the agent cannot and the subagent can lawfully perform the act;

(3)when it is the usage of the place to delegate the powers; or

(4)when the delegation is specially authorized by the principal.

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28-10-501 . When agent may delegate powers. An agent, unless specially forbidden by the principal to do so, can delegate the agent's powers to another person in any of the following cases and in no others:
(1) when the act to be done is purely mechanical;
(2) when the agent cannot and the subagent can lawfully perform the act;
(3) when it is the usage of the place to delegate the powers; or
(4) when the delegation is specially authorized by the principal.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 3140, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5456, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7971, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2349; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1259; re-en. Sec. 7971, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-301; amd. Sec. 803, Ch. 56, L. 2009.