{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-9-810","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-9-810","heading":"Notice and publication of lists of abandoned property.","body":"(1) The administrator shall publish every 3 months in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county in this state in which a newspaper is published an advertisement of property held by the administrator that:\n(a) directs the public to the administrator's unclaimed property website provided in subsection (2);\n(b) includes a telephone number and electronic mail address to contact the administrator to inquire about or claim property; and\n(c) includes a statement that a person may access the internet by a computer to search for unclaimed property and a computer may be available as a service to the public at a local public library.\n(2) The administrator shall maintain an unclaimed property website that can be accessed and is easily searchable by the public. The website must contain:\n(a) the name of each person appearing to be the owner of the property, as set forth in the report filed by the holder;\n(b) the last-known address or location of each person appearing to be the owner of the property, if an address or location is set forth in the report filed by the holder;\n(c) a statement explaining that property of the owner is presumed to be abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the administrator; and\n(d) a statement that information about the property and its return to the owner is available to a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to the administrator.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 9. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY","Part 8. Uniform Unclaimed Property Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0090/part_0080/section_0100/0700-0090-0080-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:34Z","sha256":"9c810568cf9f47d2e62535a2f4e5072012247afaf0ecc5381b20b2cccaec2cbc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-9-809","next":"us-mt/70-9-811"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}