Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     32-5-201. License application and fees -- supplementary license. (1) (a) A place of business operated under this chapter shall properly display on the premises a nontransferable and nonassignable license. The same person may obtain additional licenses upon compliance with this chapter as to each license.
     (b) Application for a license shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the department.
     (c) A licensee may move his place of business from one place to another within a county without obtaining a new license, provided he obtains written permission from the department.
     (d) With each application the applicant shall submit $50 as an investigation fee and $125 as a license fee. The license fee shall be returned to the applicant if the application is denied. The license year is the calendar year, and the license fee for any period less than 6 months is $62.50. A license remains in force until surrendered, suspended, or revoked.
     (2) No licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall lend money in a total sum greater than $1,000 to any borrower or to any borrower and spouse except under the following circumstances:
     (a) When any person holding a license provided for in subsection (1) desires to make loans for any amount in excess of $1,000, the holder of such license may apply to the department for a supplementary license and pay therefor an additional license fee of $75 per calendar year or one-half of said sum for any period less than 6 months.
     (b) The department shall grant, on application, a supplementary license to a holder of a license provided for in subsection (1).
     (c) Section 32-5-204 shall be applicable as to time of payment of supplementary license fee and penalty for failure to pay the same.
     (d) Provisions of 32-5-301 relating to refunds, fees, and charges and the other provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this section shall be applicable to loans made under authority of a supplementary license.
     (3) All moneys collected under the authority of this chapter shall be paid by the department into the state special revenue fund for the use of the department in its supervision function.
     (4) The amount of $1,000 in subsection (2) is subject to change pursuant to the provisions of 32-5-104.

     History: Ap. p. Sec. 6, Ch. 283, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 431, L. 1975; Sec. 47-206, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 5, Ch. 283, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 233, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 172, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 172, Ch. 431, L. 1975; Sec. 47-205, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 47-205(part), 47-206; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 216, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 424, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 140, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 600, L. 1985.

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