Montana § 31-3-141 Actions Available To Consumer

Montana Statutes

§ 31-3-141 — Actions Available To Consumer

Montana § 31-3-141

Title 31CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

Ch. 3RELATED CREDIT PRACTICES

Part 1Consumer Reporting Agencies

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 31-3-141 (2026).

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31-3-141 . Actions available to consumer.

(1)A consumer may bring action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy, or negligence with respect to the reporting of information against any person who fails to comply with this part.

(2)A person who fails to delete information or incorporate into a report a consumer's statement of dispute because the person judges the dispute to be frivolous or irrelevant is liable to suit.

(3)A person, other than the department of public health and human services under 40-5-261 , who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency that is false or a person who furnishes the information with malice or willful intent to injure the concerned consumer is liable to suit.

(4)A consumer who disputes the result of a reinvestigation conducted under 31-

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31-3-141 . Actions available to consumer. (1) A consumer may bring action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy, or negligence with respect to the reporting of information against any person who fails to comply with this part.
(2) A person who fails to delete information or incorporate into a report a consumer's statement of dispute because the person judges the dispute to be frivolous or irrelevant is liable to suit.
(3) A person, other than the department of public health and human services under 40-5-261 , who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency that is false or a person who furnishes the information with malice or willful intent to injure the concerned consumer is liable to suit.
(4) A consumer who disputes the result of a reinvestigation conducted under 31-3-124 of the accuracy of information provided by the department of public health and human services may petition for an administrative hearing pursuant to 40-5-261 .

Legislative History

En. 18-516 by Sec. 16, Ch. 547, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 18-516; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 418, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 16, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 546, L. 1995.