30-9A-525. Fees. - Montana Statutes

     30-9A-525. Fees. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the fee for each of the following must be set and deposited by the secretary of state as prescribed in 2-15-405:
     (a) filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or a manufactured-home transaction;
     (b) filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the kind described in 30-9A-502(3); and
     (c) responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor.
     (2) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under 30-9A-502(3). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of mortgage apply.

     History: En. Sec. 95, Ch. 305, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 179, L. 2001; amd. Secs. 14, 29(1), Ch. 396, L. 2001; Sec. 30-9-545, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-525 by Code Commissioner, 2001.