30-14-1713. Remedies for fraudulent electronic misrepresentation, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 14. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Part 17. Impediment of Identity Theft

Remedies For Fraudulent Electronic Misrepresentation

30-14-1713. Remedies for fraudulent electronic misrepresentation. (1) A business, including the owner of a website or the owner of a trademark, that is adversely affected by a violation of 30-14-1712(1) may bring an action to recover the greater of actual damages or $500,000.

(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of 30-14-1712(1) may bring an action against an individual or a business that has directly violated 30-14-1712(1) for the greater of three times actual damages or $5,000 for each violation.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 276, L. 2007.