Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Part 10. Recorded Data

Effect Of Vehicle Ownership Transfer On Ownership Of Data -- Prohibited Insurer And Lessor Actions

61-12-1003. Effect of vehicle ownership transfer on ownership of data -- prohibited insurer and lessor actions. (1) Data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the property of a lienholder or insurer solely because the lienholder or insurer succeeds in ownership of a motor vehicle as a result of an accident.

(2) An insurer may not condition the payment or settlement of an owner's claim on the owner's consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder.

(3) An insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a condition of providing the policy or lease.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 272, L. 2015.