Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE

CHAPTER 8. DISBURSEMENT AND EXPENDITURE

Part 2. Claims

Notice Required For Assignment Of Claims Against State

17-8-211. Notice required for assignment of claims against state. (1) All transfers and assignments made of any claim against the state, or any part of or interest on the claim, except as provided in this section, are void and unenforceable against the state unless the assignee files written notice of the assignment on forms that may be required by the department of administration, together with a true copy of the instrument of assignment.

(2) The department may promulgate rules regarding the form of assignment, the procedures for filing assignments, and the submission of claims covering assigned funds.

(3) Unless otherwise expressly permitted by the department, no more than one assignment of a claim is effective at one time, and an assignment may not be made to more than one party, except that an assignment may be made to one party as agent or trustee for two or more parties. An assignment may not be subject to further assignment.

History: En. Secs. 1 thru 3, Ch. 44, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 83-901, 83-902, 83-903; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 325, L. 1995.