Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     27-18-414. Duty of secured party. (1) The secured party under any security agreement of record shall, upon 15 days' notice in writing served upon him in person by any creditor of the debtor seeking to satisfy a demand of such creditor against the debtor, be required to make and file in the office of the county clerk and recorder or other filing officer with whom the financing statement covering the security agreement is filed an affidavit showing the amount of the indebtedness then actually due and owing to the secured party; and such affidavit shall state the amount of the original obligation for which the security agreement was given as security, all additional advancement of money or property on the principal obligation since the date of the execution of the security agreement, all payments of whatsoever kind, whether on principal or interest, made by the debtor to the date of the execution of such affidavit by the secured party, and the balance then remaining due and unpaid to the secured party. If, within 15 days from the service of any such demand in writing on the secured party by any creditor of the debtor, the secured party shall fail, refuse, or neglect to file the affidavit herein required, the security agreement shall be of no force or effect as against such creditor upon the seizure of any such personal property on attachment.
     (2) In the event the amount shown to be due is paid to the county treasurer or to a filing officer, as aforesaid, or to the secured party in satisfaction of the security agreement by any attaching creditor against the debtor, the secured party shall be required to surrender to the county treasurer or such filing officer the security agreement and any note or other evidence of indebtedness secured thereby, which security agreement or other evidence of indebtedness shall be delivered by the secured party, county treasurer, or filing officer to the attaching creditor.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9291, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9291, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 11-162, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4338(part).

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