Montana § 39-3-213 - Disposition Of Wages
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 39-3-213 — Disposition Of Wages, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-3-213. Disposition Of Wages
Disposition of wages. (1) The commissioner of labor may deposit wages collected under parts 2 and 4 of this chapter into the wage collection fund and with respect to wages deposited into the fund shall attempt to make payment of wages to the entitled person. Wages deposited into the wage collection fund do not bear interest. The wage collection fund is a custodial fund as provided in 17-2-102 (3)(d). The payment of wages collected may be made by means of state warrants. (2) A warrant issued pursuant to subsection (1) that remains unclaimed for more than 6 months from the date of issuance must be returned to the state treasurer to be stale-dated in accordance with 17-8-303 .
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-3-213 ("Disposition Of Wages") 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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