Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 9A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS

Part 6. Default

Rights Of Transferee Of Collateral

30-9A-617. Rights of transferee of collateral. (1) A secured party's disposition of collateral after default:

(a) transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor's rights in the collateral;

(b) discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and

(c) discharges any subordinate security interest or other lien.

(2) A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), even if the secured party fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter or any judicial proceedings.

(3) If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), the transferee takes the collateral subject to:

(a) the debtor's rights in the collateral;

(b) the security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and

(c) any security interest or other lien.

History: En. Sec. 114, Ch. 305, L. 1999; Sec. 30-9-617, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-617 by Code Commissioner, 2001.