Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 12. Insurance Fraud Protection

Administrative Or Civil Penalties

33-1-1211. Administrative or civil penalties. (1) If, after a hearing conducted under 33-1-701, the commissioner determines that a person has committed administrative or civil insurance fraud, the commissioner may:

(a) impose any penalty provided for in 33-1-317; or

(b) require the person to pay the costs of the proceeding.

(2) In addition to any other penalties, the commissioner shall require a person who commits administrative or civil insurance fraud to make restitution to the insurer or to any other person for all financial loss sustained as a result of the insurance fraud.

History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 237, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 396, L. 2017.