Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE

CHAPTER 8. DISBURSEMENT AND EXPENDITURE

Part 3. Warrants

Issuance Of Replacement Warrant

17-8-306. Issuance of replacement warrant. (1) The state treasurer may issue a replacement warrant whenever any warrant drawn by the state is lost or destroyed. This replacement warrant must be in the same form as the original.

(2) Whenever a replacement warrant is issued, the state treasurer shall place a stop-payment order on the original warrant.

(3) Whenever the owner or custodian applies for the issuance of a replacement warrant, the application must include an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the state and its officers and employees from any loss resulting from the issuance of a replacement warrant.

(4) Any loss incurred in connection with the issuance of a replacement warrant must be charged against the account from which the payment was derived.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 19, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 159, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 159, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 94, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 318, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 79-109; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 181, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 50, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 5, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 325, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 48, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 243, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 46, L. 2007.