33-4-101. Scope of chapter -- provisions applicable. (1) The chapter applies to:
     (a) all domestic mutual hail, fire, and other casualty insurers of farm property and stock and rural buildings formed and immediately prior to January 1, 1961, lawfully transacting insurance under sections 40-1501 through 40-1517 of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947;
     (b) all domestic mutual rural insurers formed and immediately prior to January 1, 1961, lawfully transacting insurance under sections 40-1601 through 40-1625 of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947;
     (c) all insurers formed under this chapter.
     (2) All insurers qualifying under subsection (1) may be referred to as "farm mutual insurers".
     (3) The insurance laws of this state do not apply to or govern, either directly or indirectly, domestic farm mutual insurers except as contained or referred to in this chapter.
     (4) The following chapters and sections of this title apply to farm mutual insurers to the extent applicable and not inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter and the reasonable implications of the express provisions: parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 of chapter 1; 33-2-112; 33-2-501; 33-2-502; 33-2-532 through 33-2-535; 33-2-708; chapter 2, part 13; 33-2-1212; 33-3-218; 33-3-308; 33-3-401; 33-3-402; 33-3-431; 33-3-436; and chapter 18.

     History: En. Secs. 468, 520, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-4801, 40-4853; amd. Sec. 141, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 451, L. 1993.