Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. Consumer Reporting Agencies
31-3-111. Permissible purposes of reports

31-3-111. Permissible purposes of reports. A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other:
(1) in response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order;
(2) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates;
(3) to a person which it has reason to believe:
(a) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer;
(b) intends to use the information for employment purposes;
(c) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer;
(d) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's financial responsibility or status; or
(e) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer.
History: En. 18-504 by Sec. 4, Ch. 547, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 18-504.

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