Montana Code Annotated
Part 6. Grants of Assistance and Liability Therefor -- Appeals
53-2-607. Assistance not assignable or subject to legal process -- exceptions

53-2-607. Assistance not assignable or subject to legal process -- exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, assistance granted to a needy person under this title is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity and none of the money paid or payable under this title is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
(2) Money paid or payable under this title to a person or entity who is not a needy person but who receives the money for providing goods or services to a needy person is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.
History: En. Sec. 18, Part 1, Ch. 82, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 121, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 71-229; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 510, L. 2003.

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