Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 19. RENTAL AND RENTAL-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Part 1. Montana Rental-Purchase Agreement Act

Exemptions Of Applicability

30-19-104. Exemptions of applicability. (1) The provisions of this part are not subject to laws relating to:

(a) retail installment sales contracts as defined in 31-1-202;

(b) security interests regulated by the provisions of Title 30, chapters 1 through 9A;

(c) leases regulated by the provisions of Title 30, chapter 2A;

(d) personal solicitation sales defined in 30-14-502; and

(e) interest rates or loans on money as provided for in Title 31, chapter 1.

(2) The provisions of this part do not apply to:

(a) a lease-purchase agreement primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes or agreements made with governmental agencies, political subdivisions, or organizations;

(b) a lease or bailment of personal property that is incidental to the lease of real property and that provides the consumer with no option to purchase the leased property; or

(c) the lease of a motor vehicle.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 263, L. 2001.