31-3-141. Actions available to consumer. (1) A consumer may bring action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy, or negligence with respect to the reporting of information against any person who fails to comply with this part.
(2) A person who fails to delete information or incorporate into a report a consumer's statement of dispute because the person judges the dispute to be frivolous or irrelevant is liable to suit.
(3) A person, other than the department of public health and human services under 40-5-261, who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency that is false or a person who furnishes the information with malice or willful intent to injure the concerned consumer is liable to suit.
(4) A consumer who disputes the result of a reinvestigation conducted under 31-3-124 of the accuracy of information provided by the department of public health and human services may petition for an administrative hearing pursuant to 40-5-261.
History: En. 18-516 by Sec. 16, Ch. 547, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 18-516; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 418, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 16, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 31. Credit Transactions and Relationships
Chapter 3. Related Credit Practices
Part 1. Consumer Reporting Agencies
31-3-102. Definitions and rules of construction
31-3-103. Credit rating -- property right
31-3-104. through 31-3-110 reserved
31-3-111. Permissible purposes of reports
31-3-112. Obsolete information
31-3-113. Disclosure of investigative consumer reports
31-3-114. Compliance procedures
31-3-116. through 31-3-120 reserved
31-3-121. Disclosures to governmental agencies
31-3-122. Disclosures to consumers
31-3-123. Conditions of disclosure to consumer
31-3-124. Procedure in case of disputed accuracy
31-3-125. Fees for disclosures to consumers
31-3-126. Public record information for employment purposes
31-3-128. through 31-3-130 reserved
31-3-131. Requirements on users of consumer reports
31-3-132. Block of information on credit report
31-3-133. through 31-3-140 reserved
31-3-141. Actions available to consumer
31-3-142. Civil liability for willful noncompliance
31-3-143. Civil liability for negligent noncompliance
31-3-144. through 31-3-150 reserved