{"data":{"id":"us-mt/33-17-503","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"33-17-503","heading":"Application -- residency -- fee -- expiration.","body":"(1) Before a consultant license is issued or renewed, the prospective licensee shall:\n(a) properly file with the office of the commissioner a written application in a form approved by the commissioner; and\n(b) pay a fee pursuant to 33-2-708, which the commissioner shall forward to the state treasurer to be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the state auditor's office.\n(2) To be licensed as a consultant, the prospective licensee:\n(a) must be an individual 18 years of age or older; and\n(b) (i) must be a resident of Montana or a resident of another state that permits residents of Montana regularly to act as consultants in the other state; or\n(ii) if not a resident of this state, shall designate a home state in which the consultant does not maintain a place of business or residence if:\n(A) the consultant's principal state of business or residence does not offer consultant licensure; and\n(B) the consultant qualifies for the license as if the consultant were a resident of the designated home state.\n(3) A consultant license continues in force until lapsed, suspended, revoked, or terminated.","path":["TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 17. INSURANCE PRODUCERS, ADJUSTERS, CONSULTANTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS","Part 5. Consultants"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0330/chapter_0170/part_0050/section_0030/0330-0170-0050-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:34Z","sha256":"1cee38283357ef05a7379987dd54a962ae76f338b215102de3f7d0211dd74310","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/33-17-502","next":"us-mt/33-17-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}