17-4-102. Accounts of persons indebted to state. (1) The department may:
(a) examine and settle the accounts of persons indebted to agencies, certify the amount owed, and give the person a discharge;
(b) require a person presenting an account for settlement to be sworn and to answer, orally or in writing, as to any facts relating to the account.
(2) The certificate referred to in subsection (1)(a) must show by whom the payment is to be made, the amount of the payment, and the fund into which the payment is to be deposited. The certificates must be numbered in order, beginning with number 1 at the commencement of each fiscal year.
History: (1)En. Sec. 420, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 170, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 151, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 433; re-en. Sec. 151, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 94, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 326, L. 1974; Sec. 79-101, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 421, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 171, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 152, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 434; re-en. Sec. 152, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 94, L. 1969; Sec. 79-102, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 79-101(7), (8), 79-102; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 325, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 589, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. Debt Collection Service
17-4-102. Accounts of persons indebted to state
17-4-103. Collection of claims by department
17-4-104. Circumstances when department shall assist
17-4-105. Authority to collect debt -- offsets
17-4-106. Agency owed debt to receive all money collected
17-4-108. Circumstances under which previously written-off debt may be collected
17-4-109. Debts not collectible under this part