{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-618","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-618","heading":"Persons dealing with personal representative -- protection.","body":"(1) A person who in good faith and without notice either assists a personal representative or deals with a personal representative for value is protected as if the personal representative properly exercised the personal representative's power. The fact that a person knowingly deals with a personal representative does not alone require the person to inquire into the existence of a power or the propriety of its exercise. Except for restrictions on powers of supervised personal representatives that are endorsed on letters as provided in 72-3-404, a provision in any will or order of court purporting to limit the power of a personal representative is not effective except as to persons with actual knowledge of the provision.\n(2) A person is not bound to see to the proper application of estate assets paid or delivered to a personal representative.\n(3) The protection expressed in this section extends to instances in which some procedural irregularity or jurisdictional defect occurred in proceedings leading to the issuance of letters, including a case in which the alleged decedent is found to be alive. The protection expressed in this section is not a substitution for that provided by comparable provisions of the laws relating to commercial transactions and laws simplifying transfers of securities by fiduciaries.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 6. Personal Representative Powers, Duties, and Compensation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0060/section_0180/0720-0030-0060-0180.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:03Z","sha256":"17172dfe69c6e62527589548c1cc5cb5ab4f17c7111ccda7b9070de2344e01db","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-617","next":"us-mt/72-3-619"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}