{"data":{"id":"us-mt/81-8-235","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"81-8-235","heading":"Penalties for financial violations.","body":"(1) A person found, after notice and hearing, to be in violation of 81-8-234 shall be assessed a civil penalty by the department of not less than $100 or more than $5,000 or have the person's license or certificate suspended or revoked, or both.\n(2) A person found, after notice and hearing, to have committed a subsequent violation of 81-8-234 after the department has assessed a penalty pursuant to subsection (1) shall be fined not less than $250 or more than $5,000 and have the person's license or certificate suspended or revoked.\n(3) A person, whether or not licensed under this part, who issues or delivers a check or other order upon a real or fictitious depository in payment for a livestock purchase knowing that it will not be paid by the depository is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or be fined not more than $10,000, or both. If the person has an account with the depository, failure to make good the check or other order within 5 days after written notice of nonpayment has been received by the issuer is prima facie evidence that the person knew it would not be paid by the depository.","path":["TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 8. MARKETING","Part 2. Livestock Markets and Dealers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0810/chapter_0080/part_0020/section_0350/0810-0080-0020-0350.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:56Z","sha256":"3b973f3dc26b679bdabc98f8895d7363e5769d0b6137ac122457931a86a555e2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/81-8-234","next":"us-mt/81-8-236"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}