Montana § 30-3-406 - Negligence Contributing To Forged Signature Or Alteration Of Instrument
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 30-3-406 — Negligence Contributing To Forged Signature Or Alteration Of Instrument, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30-3-406. Negligence Contributing To Forged Signature Or Alteration Of Instrument
Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument. (1) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. (2) If the person asserting the preclusion fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure substantially contributes to loss, the loss is allocated between the person precluded and the person asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of each to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss. (3) Under subsection (1), the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person asserting the preclusion. Under subsection (2), the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person precluded.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 30-3-406 ("Negligence Contributing To Forged Signature Or Alteration Of Instrument") 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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