31-3-143. Civil liability for negligent noncompliance
31-3-143. Civil liability for negligent noncompliance. Any consumer reporting agency or user of information which is negligent in failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this part with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of: (1) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result […]
31-3-125. Fees for disclosures to consumers
31-3-125. Fees for disclosures to consumers. A consumer reporting agency shall make all disclosures pursuant to 31-3-122 and 31-3-124 to the consumer, with appropriate fees to be established by the department of administration in accordance with the Montana Administrative Procedure Act. History: En. 18-513 by Sec. 13, Ch. 547, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 18-513; amd. Sec. 2, […]
31-3-126. Public record information for employment purposes
31-3-126. Public record information for employment purposes. A consumer reporting agency which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes and which for that purpose compiles and reports items of information on consumers which are matters of public record and are likely to have an adverse effect upon a consumer’s ability to obtain employment shall: (1) at the […]
31-3-127. Repealed
31-3-127. Repealed. Sec. 10, Ch. 418, L. 1989. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 543, L. 1985.
31-3-111. Permissible purposes of reports
31-3-111. Permissible purposes of reports. A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other: (1) in response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order; (2) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates; (3) to a person which it has reason […]
31-3-112. Obsolete information
31-3-112. Obsolete information. No consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information: (1) bankruptcies which, from date of adjudication of the most recent bankruptcy, antedate the report by more than 14 years; (2) suits and judgments which, from date of entry, antedate the report by more than 7 years or […]
31-3-113. Disclosure of investigative consumer reports
31-3-113. Disclosure of investigative consumer reports. (1) A person may not procure or cause to be prepared or distribute an investigative consumer report on any consumer unless: (a) it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that an investigative consumer report, including information as to the consumer’s character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living, […]
31-3-114. Compliance procedures
31-3-114. Compliance procedures. (1) Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of 31-3-112 and 31-3-113 and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under 31-3-111. These procedures must require that prospective users of the information identify themselves, certify the purposes for which the information is sought, and […]
31-3-115. Adverse information
31-3-115. Adverse information. (1) Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares an investigative consumer report, adverse information in the consumer report, other than information that is a matter of public record, may not be included in a subsequent consumer report unless the adverse information has been verified in the process of making the subsequent consumer report. (2) A […]
31-3-116. through 31-3-120 reserved
31-3-116 through 31-3-120 reserved.