Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 14. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Part 17. Impediment of Identity Theft

Remedies For Fraudulent Electronic Misrepresentation

30-14-1713. Remedies for fraudulent electronic misrepresentation. (1) A business, including the owner of a website or the owner of a trademark, that is adversely affected by a violation of 30-14-1712(1) may bring an action to recover the greater of actual damages or $500,000.

(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of 30-14-1712(1) may bring an action against an individual or a business that has directly violated 30-14-1712(1) for the greater of three times actual damages or $5,000 for each violation.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 276, L. 2007.