{"data":{"id":"us-mt/71-1-212","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"71-1-212","heading":"Penalties for failure to give certificate of discharge or release after full performance.","body":"After the full performance of the conditions of a mortgage and whether before or after a breach of the mortgage, a mortgagee or the personal representative or assignee of the mortgagee who refuses or neglects to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the mortgagor a certificate of discharge or release of the mortgage within 90 days after a request for one is liable to the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs or assigns in the sum of $500 and all actual damages resulting from the neglect or refusal.","path":["TITLE 71. MORTGAGES, PLEDGES, AND LIENS","CHAPTER 1. MORTGAGES","Part 2. Mortgages of Real Property"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0710/chapter_0010/part_0020/section_0120/0710-0010-0020-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:50Z","sha256":"d921cd767556962acca355fd07c0bd6741ffe46f7d1e972acbf935b5938b8e70","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/71-1-211","next":"us-mt/71-1-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}