32-2-402. Limit on interest and penalties. - Montana Statutes

     32-2-402. Limit on interest and penalties. (1) Interest not exceeding the lawful contract rate may be charged and collected on delinquent stock payments when those unpaid payments are credited with dividends. The interest shall in no event be at a rate exceeding the rate percent of the dividend declared on the same unpaid stock payments.
     (2) An association may not charge or collect from a stockholder, member, or borrower any fines, premiums, or penalties of any kind; except that a late payment penalty not to exceed $5 may be charged for payments more than 15 days late.
     (3) An officer, agent, or employee of an association collecting or attempting to collect a penalty, fine, or premium of any kind, except the late payment penalty, or interest at a rate higher than provided in the note or other evidence of debt or in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 57, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 6355.13, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 72, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 7-113(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 275, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1983.