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32-5-305. Confessions of judgment -- incomplete instruments forbidden

MT Code § 32-5-305 (2019) (N/A)
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32-5-305. Confessions of judgment -- incomplete instruments forbidden. A licensee may not:

(1) take any confession of judgment from the borrower or any power of attorney running to the licensee or to any third person to confess judgment for the borrower or to appear for the borrower in a judicial proceeding, except that this subsection does not prohibit a borrower from personally and voluntarily confessing judgment after the borrower's loan is in default;

(2) take any note or promise to pay that does not disclose the amount of the loan, a schedule of payments or a description of the schedule of payments, and the agreed interest and fees to be charged. The note or promise may not contain blanks that are left to be filled in after execution. The disclosures required by this subsection are not required on a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, on a policy or certificate of insurance, or on customary powers in connection with bonds or stocks that may be pledged as collateral.

(3) take any instrument in which blanks are left to be filled in after the loan is made.

History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 283, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 47-213; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 372, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 173, L. 2013.

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