{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-31-349","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-31-349","heading":"Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service.","body":"(1) In this section, \"benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service\" means any benefit, program, or assistance provided under a statute or regulation, including social security, medicare, and medicaid.\n(2) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service authorizes the agent to:\n(a) execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or subdivision of a state to the principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the individuals described in 72-31-348(1)(a), and for shipment of their household effects;\n(b) take possession and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock, or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate, or other instrument for that purpose;\n(c) enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend, or discontinue, on the principal's behalf, a benefit or program;\n(d) prepare, file, and maintain a claim of the principal for a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the principal may be entitled to receive under a statute or regulation;\n(e) initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation concerning any benefit or assistance the principal may be entitled to receive under a statute or regulation; and\n(f) receive the financial proceeds of a claim described in subsection (2)(d) and conserve, invest, disburse, or use for a lawful purpose anything so received.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 31. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES","Part 3. Uniform Power of Attorney Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0310/part_0030/section_0490/0720-0310-0030-0490.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:25Z","sha256":"5856950ed49eee137d4169bd67b59296b641ffb78e8ee74d97cf511a63fa4ff2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-31-348","next":"us-mt/72-31-350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}