Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 33 > Chapter 24 > Part 2 - Portable Electronics Insurance Act

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Customer: means a person who purchases portable electronics or services related to the use of portable electronics. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Enrolled customer: means a customer who elects coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Location: means any physical location in this state or any website, call center site, or similar location directed to residents of this state. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Portable electronics: means electronic devices that are portable in nature and their accessories. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Portable electronics insurance: means insurance providing coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics that may provide coverage for portable electronics against loss, theft, inoperability due to mechanical failure, malfunction, damage, or other similar causes of loss. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Portable electronics transaction: means :

  (a)the sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer; or

  (b)the sale of a service related to the use of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer. See Montana Code 33-24-202

• 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
• Supervising entity: means a business entity that is a licensed insurer or insurance producer that is authorized by a licensed insurer to supervise the administration of a portable electronics insurance program. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Vendor: means a person in the business of engaging in portable electronics transactions directly or indirectly. See Montana Code 33-24-202
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203