Mont. Code Ann. § 30-9A-605

Unknown debtor or secondary obligor

Last amended: 2025Year: 2026Length: 210 wordsSubsections: 4Official source
30-9A-605 . Unknown debtor or secondary obligor. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party: (a) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows: (i) that the person is a debtor or obligor; (ii) the identity of the person; and (iii) how to communicate with the person; or (b) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against the person unless the secured party knows: (i) that a person is a debtor; and (ii) the identity of the person. (2) A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later: (a) the person is a debtor or obligor; and (b) the secured party knows that the information in subsection (1)(a)(i), (1)(a)(ii), or (1)(a)(iii) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.
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