30-3-128. Interest. (1) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, an instrument is not payable with interest and interest on an interest-bearing instrument is payable from the date of the instrument.
(2) Interest may be stated in an instrument as a fixed or variable amount of money, or it may be expressed as a fixed or variable rate or rates. The amount or rate of interest may be stated or described in the instrument in any manner and may require reference to information not contained in the instrument. If an instrument provides for interest but the amount of interest payable cannot be ascertained from the description, interest is payable at the judgment rate in effect at the place of payment of the instrument and at the time interest first accrues.
History: En. Sec. 99, Ch. 410, L. 1991.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Uniform Commercial Code Negotiable Instruments
Part 1. Short Title, Form, and Interpretation
30-3-104. Negotiable instrument
30-3-105. Unconditional promise or order
30-3-107. Instrument payable in foreign money
30-3-111. Payable to bearer or to order
30-3-115. Incomplete instrument
30-3-119. Other agreements affecting instrument
30-3-122. Statute of limitations
30-3-126. Identification of person to whom instrument is payable
30-3-129. Contradictory terms of instrument