{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-10-402","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-10-402","heading":"Actual authority defined.","body":"Actual authority is authority that the principal intentionally confers upon the agent or intentionally or by want of ordinary care allows the agent to believe that the agent possesses.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 10. AGENCY","Part 4. Authority of Agent"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0100/part_0040/section_0020/0280-0100-0040-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:46Z","sha256":"54aaf9d1d105b0b69a0cd776473a17a6b339b31b6bb26f176487ed996cf1ffc4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-10-401","next":"us-mt/28-10-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}