32-1-517. Department may retain bank employees — liquidating agent’s salary and expenses. (1) The department may retain those officers or employees of the bank which it considers necessary. It shall require from the agent appointed by it and from those assistants who have charge of any of the assets of the bank that security for the faithful discharge of their duties as it considers proper.

Terms Used In Montana Code 32-1-517

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • bank: as used in this chapter means any corporation that has been incorporated to conduct the business of receiving money on deposit or transacting a trust or investment business, as defined in this chapter. See Montana Code 32-1-102
  • Department: means the department of administration provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 10. See Montana Code 32-1-109
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(2)The salary of a liquidating agent and necessary clerical assistance and other expenses incurred by a liquidating agent shall be borne equally and ratably by the bank or banks in process of liquidation under the agent’s charge in proportion to the total amount of resources of each of the banks. The funds for those expenses shall be raised by assessing each bank in ratio herein set forth and paying those expenses direct to the persons entitled to them, without depositing any of the funds in the state treasury.