Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 9A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS

Part 3. Perfection and Priority

Licensee Of General Intangible And Lessee Of Goods In Ordinary Course Of Business

30-9A-321. Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business. (1) In this section, "licensee in ordinary course of business" means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person in the general intangible, and in the ordinary course from a person in the business of licensing general intangibles of that kind. A person becomes a licensee in ordinary course of business if the license to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the licensor is engaged or with the licensor's own usual or customary practices.

(2) A licensee of a general intangible in ordinary course of business takes its rights under the license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.

(3) A lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.

History: En. Sec. 40, Ch. 305, L. 1999; Sec. 30-9-341, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-321 by Code Commissioner, 2001.