{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-10-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-10-403","heading":"Ostensible authority defined.","body":"Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.","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_0030/0280-0100-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:46Z","sha256":"4d742e2ab31cbee337d0f4b15cdac0f6180a0f697e01182cde31d39c80ef2022","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-10-402","next":"us-mt/28-10-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}