2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 32. Financial Institutions › Chapter 1. Banks and Trust Companies › Part 1. General Provisions -- Definitions › 32-1-107. Trust company defined -- purposes for which may be formed

32-1-107. Trust company defined -- purposes for which may be formed.
The term "trust company" means any corporation that is incorporated under the laws of this state for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to receive money in trust and to accumulate the money at rates of interest as may be obtained or agreed upon or to allow interest on the money as may be agreed upon;
(2) to accept and execute all trusts and perform the duties committed to them by any person or by any corporations or may be committed or transferred to them by order of any of the courts of record of this state or any other state or of the United States;
(3) to take and accept by grant, assignment, transfer, devise, or bequest and hold any real or personal estate or trust created in accordance with the laws of this state or any other state or of the United States and execute the legal trusts in regard to the same on the terms as may be declared, established, or agreed upon in regard to the estate or trust;
(4) to act as agent for the investment of money for other persons or corporations and as agents for persons and corporations for the purpose of issuing, registering, transferring, or countersigning the certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidence of debt of any corporation, association, municipality, state, or public authority as may be agreed upon;
(5) except as provided in Title 72, chapter 40, part 1, to accept from and execute trusts for married persons in respect to their individual property, whether real or personal, and act as agents for them in the management of the property and generally to have and exercise powers as are usually had and exercised by trust companies;
(6) except as provided in Title 72, chapter 40, part 1, to act as trustee, assignee, or receiver in all cases where it is lawful for any court of record, officer, corporation, or person to appoint a trustee, assignee, or receiver and to be appointed a trustee, assignee, or receiver and to be appointed, commissioned, and act as administrator of any estate, executor of any last will and testament of any deceased person, and as guardian of the person and estate of any minor or minors or of the estate of any person of unsound mind, spendthrift, habitual drunkard, or other persons disqualified or unable to manage their estates;
(7) to loan money upon unencumbered real estate, collateral, or personal security and execute and issue notes and debentures payable at a future date and to pledge its mortgages upon real estate and other securities as security for the notes and debentures;
(8) to buy and sell:
(a) government, state, county, municipal, and other bonds. The trust company may invest in United States obligations either directly or in the form of securities of or other interests in an open-end or closed-end management type investment company or investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 through 80a-64), as amended, if:
(i) the portfolio of the investment company or investment trust is limited to United States government obligations and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by United States government obligations; and
(ii) the investment company or investment trust takes delivery of the collateral for any repurchase agreement, either directly or through an authorized custodian.
(b) all kinds of negotiable, nonnegotiable, and commercial paper, stocks, and other investment securities; and
(c) gold and silver bullion, foreign coins, bills of exchange, and foreign and domestic exchange;
(9) to accept, receive, and hold money on deposit, payable either on time or on demand, with or without interest, as may be agreed upon with the depositors; to take and receive from any individual or corporation on deposit for safekeeping and storage, gold and silver plate, jewelry, stocks, securities, and other valuable and personal property; to collect coupons, interest, and dividends on securities described in this section; and to rent out the use of safes and other receptacles on their premises upon terms and for compensation as may be agreed upon.
History: En. Subd. c, Sec. 4, Ch. 89, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6014.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 293, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 5-106; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 137, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 325, L. 2021.