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MT Code § 28-11-316 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 3. Indemnity|28-11-316. Duty of person indemnifying to defend

  28-11-316. Duty of person indemnifying to defend. The person indemnifying is bound, on request of the person indemnified, to defend actions or proceedings brought against the person indemnified in respect to the matters embraced by the indemnity, but the person indemnified has the right to conduct defenses if the person indemnified chooses to do so. If, after request, the person indemnifying neglects to defend the person indemnified, a recovery against the person indemnified suffered by the person indemnified in good faith is conclusive in favor of the person indemnified against the person indemnifying.   History: En. Sec. 3586, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5654, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8169, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2778; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1530; re-en. Sec. 8169, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-307(4), (5); amd. Sec. 827, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-317 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 3. Indemnity|28-11-317. When judgment not conclusive against person indemnifying

  28-11-317. When judgment not conclusive against person indemnifying. (1) If the person indemnifying, whether the person is a principal or a surety in the agreement, does not have reasonable notice of the action or proceeding against the person indemnified or is not allowed to control the person indemnified's defense, judgment against the person indemnified is only presumptive evidence against the person indemnifying.   (2) A stipulation that a judgment against the person indemnified is conclusive upon the person indemnifying is inapplicable if the person indemnifying had a good defense upon the merits that by want of ordinary care the person indemnified failed to establish in the action.   History: En. Sec. 3586, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5654, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8169, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2778; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1530; re-en. Sec. 8169, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-307(6), (7); amd. Sec. 828, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-401. Surety defined

  28-11-401. Surety defined. A surety is one who, at the request of another person and for the purpose of securing to the other person a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the other person of some act in favor of a third person or pledges property as security for the performance.   History: En. Sec. 3670, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5680, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8195, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2831; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1558; re-en. Sec. 8195, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-401; amd. Sec. 829, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-402. When apparent principal may show surety

  28-11-402. When apparent principal may show surety. A person who appears to be a principal, whether by the terms of a written instrument or otherwise, may show that the person is in fact a surety except as against persons who have acted on the faith of the person's apparent character of principal.   History: En. Sec. 3671, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5681, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8196, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2832; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1559; re-en. Sec. 8196, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-402; amd. Sec. 830, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-403. Interpretation of contract of suretyship

  28-11-403. Interpretation of contract of suretyship. In interpreting the terms of a contract of suretyship, the same rules are to be observed as in the case of other contracts.   History: En. Sec. 3681, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5683, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8198, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2837; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1561; re-en. Sec. 8198, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-404.
MT Code § 28-11-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-404. Suretyship unaffected by judgment against surety

  28-11-404. Suretyship unaffected by judgment against surety. Notwithstanding the recovery of judgment by a creditor against a surety, the latter still occupies the relation of surety.   History: En. Sec. 3682, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5684, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8199, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2838; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1562; re-en. Sec. 8199, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-405.
MT Code § 28-11-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-405. through 28-11-410 reserved

  28-11-405 through 28-11-410 reserved.
MT Code § 28-11-411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-411. Extent of surety's liability

  28-11-411. Extent of surety's liability. A surety cannot be held beyond the express terms of the surety's contract, and if the contract prescribes a penalty for breach, the surety cannot in any case be liable for more than the penalty.   History: En. Sec. 3680, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5682, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8197, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2836; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1560; re-en. Sec. 8197, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-403; amd. Sec. 831, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-412. Exoneration of surety

  28-11-412. Exoneration of surety. A surety is exonerated:   (1) in like manner with a guarantor;   (2) to the extent to which the surety is prejudiced by any act of the creditor that would naturally prove injurious to the remedies of the surety or inconsistent with the surety's rights or that lessens the surety's security; or   (3) to the extent to which the surety is prejudiced by an omission of the creditor, when required by the surety, to do anything that it is the creditor's duty to do.   History: En. Sec. 3684, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5686, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8201, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2840; Field Civ. Sec. 1564; re-en. Sec. 8201, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 185, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 30-407; amd. Sec. 832, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-413. Effect of performance or offer of performance on surety's liability

  28-11-413. Effect of performance or offer of performance on surety's liability. Performance of the principal obligation or an offer of such performance, duly made as provided in this code, exonerates a surety.   History: En. Sec. 3683, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5685, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8200, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2839; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 1563; re-en. Sec. 8200, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-406.
MT Code § 28-11-414 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-414. Application to surety of rights of guarantor

  28-11-414. Application to surety of rights of guarantor. A surety has all the right of a guarantor, whether the surety becomes personally responsible or not.   History: En. Sec. 3690, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5687, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8202, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2844; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1565; re-en. Sec. 8202, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-501; amd. Sec. 833, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-415 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-415. Power of surety to compel principal to perform

  28-11-415. Power of surety to compel principal to perform. A surety may compel the surety's principal to perform the obligations when due.   History: En. Sec. 3692, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5689, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8204, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2846; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1567; re-en. Sec. 8204, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-503; amd. Sec. 834, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-416 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-416. When surety may require creditor to pursue remedy

  28-11-416. When surety may require creditor to pursue remedy. A surety may require the surety's creditor to proceed against the principal or to pursue any other remedy in the surety's power that the surety cannot pursue and that would lighten the surety's burden, and if the creditor neglects to do so, the surety is exonerated to the extent to which the surety is prejudiced.   History: En. Sec. 3691, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5688, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8203, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2845; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1566; re-en. Sec. 8203, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-502; amd. Sec. 835, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-417 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-417. Surety's right to reimbursement and contribution

  28-11-417. Surety's right to reimbursement and contribution. (1) If a surety satisfies the principal obligation or any part of the principal obligation, whether with or without legal proceedings, the principal is bound to reimburse what the surety has disbursed, including necessary costs and expenses, but the surety does not have a claim for reimbursement against other persons, even though they may have been benefited by the surety's act, except as prescribed by subsection (2).   (2) A surety, upon satisfying the obligation of the principal, is entitled to enforce every remedy that the creditor then has against the principal to the extent of reimbursing what the surety has expended and also to require all cosureties to contribute to the reimbursement without regard to the order of time in which they became cosureties.   History: En. Secs. 3693, 3694, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 5690, 5691, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 8205, 8206, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Secs. 2847, 2848; Field Civ. C. Secs. 1568, 1569; re-en. Secs. 8205, 8206, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-504, 30-505; amd. Sec. 836, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-418 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-418. Surety entitled to benefit of security held by creditor or cosurety

  28-11-418. Surety entitled to benefit of security held by creditor or cosurety. A surety is entitled to the benefit of every security for the performance of the principal obligation held by the creditor or by a cosurety at the time of entering into the contract of suretyship or acquired by the creditor or cosurety afterwards, whether the surety was aware of the security or not.   History: En. Sec. 3695, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5692, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8207, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2849; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1570; re-en. Sec. 8207, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-506; amd. Sec. 837, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 28-11-419 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-419. Creditor entitled to benefit of security held by surety

  28-11-419. Creditor entitled to benefit of security held by surety. A creditor is entitled to the benefit of everything which a surety has received from the debtor by way of security for the performance of the obligation and may, upon the maturity of the obligation, compel the application of such security to its satisfaction.   History: En. Sec. 3700, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5694, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8209, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2854; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1572; re-en. Sec. 8209, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-508.
MT Code § 28-11-420 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations|Chapter 11. Guaranty, Indemnity, and Suretyship|Part 4. Suretyship|28-11-420. Principal's property to be taken first

  28-11-420. Principal's property to be taken first. Whenever property of a surety is hypothecated with property of the principal, the surety is entitled to have the property of the principal first applied to the discharge of the obligation.   History: En. Sec. 3696, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5693, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8208, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2850; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1571; re-en. Sec. 8208, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-507.
MT Code § 30-1-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-101. Short titles -- scope of chapter

  30-1-101. Short titles -- scope of chapter. (1) Chapters 1 through 9A of this title may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code.   (2) As used in chapters 1 through 9A of this title "code" means "Uniform Commercial Code" unless the context indicates otherwise.   (3) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code--General Provisions.   (4) This chapter applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by chapters 2 through 5, 7, 8, and 9A of this title.   History: En. Sec. 1-101, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 265, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-101; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
MT Code § 30-1-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-102. Purposes -- rules of construction

  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.   History: En. Sec. 1-102, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-102; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
MT Code § 30-1-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable

  30-1-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable. Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this code, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions.   History: En. Sec. 1-103, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-103.
MT Code § 30-1-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-104. Construction against implicit repeal

  30-1-104. Construction against implicit repeal. This code being a general code intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.   History: En. Sec. 1-104, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-104.
MT Code § 30-1-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-105. Repealed

  30-1-105. Repealed. Sec. 90, Ch. 575, L. 2005.   History: En. Sec. 1-105, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-105; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 402, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 410, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 536, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 129, Ch. 305, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 179, L. 2001.
MT Code § 30-1-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-106. Remedies to be liberally administered

  30-1-106. Remedies to be liberally administered. (1) The remedies provided by this code shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this code or by other rule of law.   (2) Any right or obligation declared by this code is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.   History: En. Sec. 1-106, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-106.
MT Code § 30-1-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-107. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach

  30-1-107. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record.   History: En. Sec. 1-107, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-107; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
MT Code § 30-1-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-108. Severability

  30-1-108. Severability. If any provision or clause of this code or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are declared to be severable.   History: En. Sec. 1-108, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-108.
MT Code § 30-1-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-109. Section captions

  30-1-109. Section captions. Section captions are parts of this code.   History: En. Sec. 1-109, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-109.
MT Code § 30-1-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-110. Repealed

  30-1-110. Repealed. Sec. 90, Ch. 575, L. 2005.   History: En. Sec. 10-102, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-10-102.
MT Code § 30-1-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 1. Short Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of the Code|30-1-111. Repealed

  30-1-111. Repealed. Sec. 90, Ch. 575, L. 2005.   History: En. Sec. 10-104, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-10-103.
MT Code § 30-1-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 2. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|30-1-202. Prima facie evidence by third-party documents

  30-1-202. Prima facie evidence by third-party documents. A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher's or inspector's certificate, consular invoice, or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a third party shall be prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the third party.   History: En. Sec. 1-202, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-202.
MT Code § 30-1-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 2. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|30-1-203. Obligation of good faith

  30-1-203. Obligation of good faith. Every contract or duty within this code imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.   History: En. Sec. 1-203, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-203.
MT Code § 30-1-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 1. Uniform Commercial Code General Provisions|Part 2. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|30-1-204. Reasonable time -- seasonableness

  30-1-204. Reasonable time -- seasonableness. (1) Whether a time for taking an action required by this code is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action.   (2) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.   History: En. Sec. 1-204, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-1-204; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 575, L. 2005.