Montana Code 39-9-207. Registration — limiting liability
39-9-207. Registration — limiting liability. A person who, pursuant to an oral or written contract, engages a construction contractor or a home inspector who is registered under this chapter on the date of the contract is not liable as an employer for workers’ compensation coverage under 39-71-405, for unemployment insurance coverage, or for wages and fringe benefits for:
Terms Used In Montana Code 39-9-207
- Construction contractor: means a person, firm, or corporation that:
(a)in the pursuit of an independent business, offers to undertake, undertakes, or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck, or demolish for another a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation, or other structure, project, development, or improvement attached to real estate, including the installation of carpeting or other floor covering, the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works, or the installation or repair of roofing or siding; or
(b)in order to do work similar to that described in subsection (1)(a) upon the construction contractor's property, employs members of more than one trade on a single job or under a single building permit, except as otherwise provided. See Montana Code 39-9-102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Home inspector: means a person who performs a home inspection for compensation. See Montana Code 39-9-102
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)the registered construction contractor or home inspector;
(2)the employees of the registered construction contractor or home inspector; or
(3)any subsequent subcontractor or the employees of any subsequent subcontractor engaged to fulfill a part of or all of the obligations of the oral or written contract of the registered construction contractor or home inspector listed in subsection (1).