{"data":{"id":"us-mt/33-1-1511","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"33-1-1511","heading":"Failure or refusal to cooperate with commissioner.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of failure or refusal to cooperate with the insurance commissioner when the person purposely or knowingly fails or refuses to cooperate with the commissioner during a dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of any insurer or an investigation of such matters described in Title 33, chapter 2, part 13.\n(2) A corporation or other entity commits the offense of failure or refusal to cooperate with the insurance commissioner when:\n(a) a director, officer, servant, employee, or other person who is authorized to act on behalf of the entity purposely or knowingly fails or refuses to cooperate with the commissioner during a dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of any insurer or an investigation of such matters described in Title 33, chapter 2, part 13; or\n(b) a manager or similarly empowered agent of the entity purposely or knowingly authorizes, requests, or commands the failure or refusal to cooperate with the commissioner during a dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of any insurer or an investigation of such matters described in Title 33, chapter 2, part 13.\n(3) For purposes of this section, cooperation includes but is not limited to:\n(a) responding in writing within 60 days to any written inquiry from the commissioner requesting a response;\n(b) making available to the commissioner any information in the insurer's possession, custody, or control, regardless of the form in which the information exists; or\n(c) engaging in the necessary procedures related to dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of an insurer.\n(4) A person or entity convicted of failure or refusal to cooperate with the insurance commissioner shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 or be imprisoned in a county detention facility for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.","path":["TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 15. Insurance Fraud Penalties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0330/chapter_0010/part_0150/section_0110/0330-0010-0150-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:10Z","sha256":"9103ca35acde127849ee7d4c5392f7866a609ed3f9d3edf56cd45de4f07aecd1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/33-1-1510","next":"us-mt/33-1-1512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}