{"data":{"id":"us-mt/53-9-126","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"53-9-126","heading":"Tentative award of compensation.","body":"If the office determines that the claimant will suffer financial hardship unless a tentative award is made and it appears likely that a final award will be made, an amount may be paid to the claimant, to be deducted from the final award or repaid by and recoverable from the claimant to the extent that it exceeds the final award.","path":["TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 9. SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME","Part 1. The Crime Victims Compensation Act of Montana"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0530/chapter_0090/part_0010/section_0260/0530-0090-0010-0260.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:20Z","sha256":"d9011011d12779ec4e4caa28eb89d30fca546aa525f13a78e708fe1629fb0ec8","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/53-9-125","next":"us-mt/53-9-127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}