30-14-1727. Placement of security freeze, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 14. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Part 17. Impediment of Identity Theft

Placement Of Security Freeze

30-14-1727. Placement of security freeze. (1) A consumer may elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's own credit report by making a request:

(a) in writing by regular or certified mail to a consumer reporting agency at an address designated by the consumer reporting agency to receive the request; or

(b) directly to the consumer reporting agency through a secure electronic connection specified by the consumer reporting agency.

(2) A consumer, acting in the capacity of a parent or guardian in the case of a minor or of an incapacitated person as defined in 72-5-101 or a conservator in the case of a protected person as defined in 72-5-101, may request that a consumer reporting agency place a freeze on the credit report of the minor or incapacitated or protected person by making a request in writing to the consumer reporting agency at an address designated by the consumer reporting agency to receive the request.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 138, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 42, L. 2011.