37-60-301. License required -- process server registration required. - Montana Statutes

     37-60-301. License required -- process server registration required. (1) (a) Except as provided in 37-60-105, it is unlawful for any person to act as or perform the duties, as defined in 37-60-101, of a contract security company, a proprietary security organization, an electronic security company, a branch office, a private investigator, a security alarm installer, an alarm response runner, a resident manager, a certified firearms instructor, or a private security guard without having first obtained a license from the board.
     (b) Except as provided in 25-1-1101(2), it is unlawful for any person to act as or perform the duties of a process server for more than 10 services of process in a calendar year without being issued a certificate of registration by the board.
     (2) It is unlawful for any unlicensed person to act as, pretend to be, or represent to the public that the person is licensed as a contract security company, a proprietary security organization, an electronic security company, a branch office, a private investigator, a security alarm installer, an alarm response runner, a resident manager, a certified firearms instructor, or a private security guard.
     (3) A person appointed by the court as a confidential intermediary under 42-6-104 is not required to be licensed under this chapter. A person who is licensed under this chapter is not authorized to act as a confidential intermediary, as defined in 42-1-103, without meeting the requirements of 42-6-104.
     (4) A person who knowingly engages an unlicensed contract security company, proprietary security organization, electronic security company, branch office, private investigator, security alarm installer, alarm response runner, resident manager, certified firearms instructor, or private security guard is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under 37-60-411.

     History: En. 66-3304 by Sec. 4, Ch. 234, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3304; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 550, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 63, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 116, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 360, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 164, Ch. 480, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 405, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 502, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 194, L. 2009.