Montana Code 32-2-920. Giving security for deposit prohibited — exceptions
32-2-920. Giving security for deposit prohibited — exceptions. (1) It is unlawful for a mutual association to pledge, mortgage, or hypothecate to a depositor any of its real or personal property as security for a deposit, and any pledge, mortgage, or hypothecation made in violation of this section is unenforceable.
Terms Used In Montana Code 32-2-920
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Deposit: has the meaning provided in 12 C. See Montana Code 32-2-603
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mutual association: means any corporation that has been incorporated to conduct the business of receiving money on deposit from its members and making substantially all of its loans on one-to-four family real estate mortgage security. See Montana Code 32-2-603
- 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
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)This section does not apply to deposits of the money of the United States, public funds deposited in accordance with the provision of a depository act of this state or the United States, or bankruptcy estate funds or deposits, including deposits of receivers or trustees in bankruptcy, deposited under the discretion and supervision of a court of record of Montana or of the United States.