{"data":{"id":"us-mt/31-3-111","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"31-3-111","heading":"Permissible purposes of reports.","body":"A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other:\n(1) in response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order;\n(2) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates;\n(3) to a person which it has reason to believe:\n(a) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer;\n(b) intends to use the information for employment purposes;\n(c) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer;\n(d) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's financial responsibility or status; or\n(e) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer.","path":["TITLE 31. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. RELATED CREDIT PRACTICES","Part 1. Consumer Reporting Agencies"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0310/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0110/0310-0030-0010-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:51:46Z","sha256":"697f79bd338e97e8829b47b1dd1dc78edb07af478844dd6a73e72dccc89b90d0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/31-3-104","next":"us-mt/31-3-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}