2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations
Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records
35-2-909. Court-ordered inspection

35-2-909. Court-ordered inspection. (1) If a corporation does not allow a member who complies with 35-2-907(1) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the district court for the judicial district of the county where the corporation's principal office is located or, if none in this state, in Lewis and Clark County may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense upon application of the member.

(2) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a member to inspect and copy any other record, the member who complies with 35-2-907(2) and (3) may apply to the district court for the judicial district of the county where the corporation's principal office is located or, if the principal office is not located in this state, in Lewis and Clark County for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.

(3) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded.

(4) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.

History: En. Sec. 164, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 240, L. 2007.