{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-11-402","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-11-402","heading":"When apparent principal may show surety.","body":"A person who appears to be a principal, whether by the terms of a written instrument or otherwise, may show that the person is in fact a surety except as against persons who have acted on the faith of the person's apparent character of principal.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP","Part 4. Suretyship"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0110/part_0040/section_0020/0280-0110-0040-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:48Z","sha256":"c9acafc7b168726812b6de96369c42b7890452d72bb5831ec4370944cfa2663f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-11-401","next":"us-mt/28-11-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}