Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 9A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS

Part 2. Effectiveness of Security Agreement -- Attachment of Security Interest -- Rights of Parties to Security Agreement

Duties Of Secured Party If Account Debtor Has Been Notified Of Assignment

30-9A-209. Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), this section applies if:

(a) there is no outstanding secured obligation; and

(b) the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value.

(2) Within 10 days after receiving an authenticated demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account debtor that has received notification of an assignment to the secured party as assignee under 30-9A-406(1) an authenticated record that releases the account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party.

(3) This section does not apply to an assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible.

History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 305, L. 1999; Sec. 30-9-219, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-209 by Code Commissioner, 2001.