2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 31. Credit Transactions and Relationships
Chapter 2. Debtor and Creditor Relationships
Part 2. Assignments for Benefit of Creditors
31-2-217. Effect of failing to record

Universal Citation:
MT Code § 31-2-217 (2019)
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31-2-217. Effect of failing to record. An assignment for the benefit of creditors is void against creditors of the assignor and against purchasers and encumbrances in good faith and for value unless it is recorded within 20 days after the date of the assignment.

History: En. Sec. 4526, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6152, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8628, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3465; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 1940; re-en. Sec. 8628, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 18-317.

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