32-2-106. Penalties. - Montana Statutes

     32-2-106. Penalties. (1) It shall be unlawful for any association, whether foreign or domestic and whether citizens of this state or otherwise, to do business or attempt to do business, as defined in this chapter, without having first complied with its provisions and having received a certificate of authority to do business from the department. Any such association violating any of the provisions of this chapter and failing to comply with any of its provisions shall be fined not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for each and every such violation, to be recovered by an action in the name of the state and on collection, except when collected by a justice's court, paid into the state treasury.
     (2) Any person or persons, whether citizens of this state or otherwise, who aid or assist any such association to do business contrary to the provisions of this chapter without having first complied with all of its provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.

     History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 57, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6355.36, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 170, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 7-137; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 557, L. 1987.