Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 15. Insurance Fraud Penalties

Records And Assets Offenses

33-1-1512. Records and assets offenses. (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful removal or unlawful concealment of records or assets when, with the purpose to prevent the commissioner from fulfilling the duties set out in Title 33, the person purposely or knowingly removes from this state the records or assets required by 33-3-401 of a domestic insurer as defined in 33-1-201.

(2) A corporation or other entity commits the offense of unlawful removal or unlawful concealment of records or assets when, with the purpose to prevent the commissioner from fulfilling the duties set out in Title 33:

(a) a director, officer, servant, employee, or other person who is authorized to act on behalf of the entity purposely or knowingly removes from this state or conceals the records or assets required by 33-3-401 of a domestic insurer as defined in 33-1-201; or

(b) a manager or similarly empowered agent of the entity purposely or knowingly authorizes, requests, or commands the removal from this state or concealment of the records or assets required by 33-3-401 of a domestic insurer as defined in 33-1-201.

(3) A person or entity convicted of the unlawful removal or unlawful concealment of records or assets shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 5 years, or both.

History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 396, L. 2017.