Montana § 30-1-302 - Variation By Agreement
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 30-1-302 — Variation By Agreement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30-1-302. Variation By Agreement
Variation by agreement. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or elsewhere in this code, the effect of provisions of this code may be varied by agreement. (2) The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care prescribed by this code may not be disclaimed by agreement. The parties, by agreement, may determine the standards by which the performance of those obligations is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever this code requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, any time which is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement. (3) The presence in certain provisions of this code of the phrase "unless otherwise agreed", or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this section.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 30-1-302 ("Variation By Agreement") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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