Montana Statutes
§ 31-3-141 — Actions Available To Consumer
Montana·Title 31 CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS·Ch. 3 RELATED CREDIT PRACTICES·Part 1 Consumer Reporting Agencies
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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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.
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Permissible Purposes Of Reports§ 31-3-112
Obsolete Information§ 31-3-114
Compliance Procedures§ 31-3-115
Adverse Information§ 31-3-116
Through 31-3-120 Reserved§ 31-3-121
Disclosures To Governmental Agencies§ 31-3-122
Disclosures To Consumers§ 31-3-123
Conditions Of Disclosure To Consumer§ 31-3-124
Procedure In Case Of Disputed Accuracy§ 31-3-125
Fees For Disclosures To Consumers