1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 7
  5. 28-2-704 Exception -- sale of goodwill of business

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 7. Illegal Objects and Provisions

Exception -- Sale Of Goodwill Of Business

28-2-704. Exception -- sale of goodwill of business. (1) A person who sells the goodwill of a business may agree with the buyer to refrain from carrying on a similar business within the areas provided in subsection (2) so long as the buyer or any person deriving title to the goodwill from the buyer carries on a like business in the described areas.

(2) The agreement authorized in subsection (1) may apply in:

(a) the city where the principal office of the business is located;

(b) the county where the principal office of the business is located;

(c) a city in any county adjacent to the county in which the principal office of the business is located;

(d) any county adjacent to the county in which the principal office of the business is located; or

(e) any combination of the areas in subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d).

History: En. Sec. 2247, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5058, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7560, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1674; Field Civ. C. Sec. 834; re-en. Sec. 7560, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-808; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 432, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 781, Ch. 56, L. 2009.