{"data":{"id":"us-mt/49-2-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"49-2-403","heading":"Specific limits on justification.","body":"(1) Except as permitted in 49-2-303(3) through (6) and 49-3-201(5), sex, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, race, creed, religion, color, or national origin may not comprise justification for discrimination except for the legally demonstrable purpose of correcting a previous discriminatory practice.\n(2) Age or mental disability may represent a legitimate discriminatory criterion in credit transactions only as it relates to a person's capacity to make or be bound by contracts or other obligations.","path":["TITLE 49. HUMAN RIGHTS","CHAPTER 2. ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION","Part 4. Exceptions to Prohibitions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0490/chapter_0020/part_0040/section_0030/0490-0020-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:01Z","sha256":"5c116a38aa72f4f7f4bf98e5e78523a1ededd07f42c8d9d159bd17097f4d58b6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/49-2-402","next":"us-mt/49-2-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}