{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-10-501","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-10-501","heading":"When agent may delegate powers.","body":"An agent, unless specially forbidden by the principal to do so, can delegate the agent's powers to another person in any of the following cases and in no others:\n(1) when the act to be done is purely mechanical;\n(2) when the agent cannot and the subagent can lawfully perform the act;\n(3) when it is the usage of the place to delegate the powers; or\n(4) when the delegation is specially authorized by the principal.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 10. AGENCY","Part 5. Subagents"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0100/part_0050/section_0010/0280-0100-0050-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:46Z","sha256":"e7faeb4d9819a7fe4e1497d8dd7af6e723636f7f073aac1d9198cb508797cc7f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-10-423","next":"us-mt/28-10-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}