Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 31. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 3. RELATED CREDIT PRACTICES

Part 1. Consumer Reporting Agencies

Conditions Of Disclosure To Consumer

31-3-123. Conditions of disclosure to consumer. (1) A consumer reporting agency shall make the disclosures required under 31-3-122 during normal business hours and on reasonable notice.

(2) The disclosures required under 31-3-122 must be made to the consumer:

(a) in person if the consumer appears in person and furnishes proper identification; or

(b) by telephone if the consumer has made a written request, with proper identification for telephone disclosure, and the toll charge, if any, for the telephone call is prepaid by or charged directly to the consumer.

(3) Any consumer reporting agency shall provide trained personnel to explain to the consumer any information furnished to the consumer pursuant to 31-3-122.

(4) The consumer must be permitted to be accompanied by one other person of the consumer's choosing, who shall furnish reasonable identification. A consumer reporting agency may require the consumer to furnish a written statement granting permission to the consumer reporting agency to discuss the consumer's file in the other person's presence.

History: En. 18-511 by Sec. 11, Ch. 547, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 18-511; amd. Sec. 1006, Ch. 56, L. 2009.