Montana

Identity Theft laws in Montana

• Identity theft Law - Mon. Code Ann. § 45-6-332
  Theft of Identity Theft Resource Center
  http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/45/6/45-6-332.htm
   
• Data Breach Law - HB732

• Freeze Law - SB 116
  http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billpdf/SB0116.pdf

• Effective: July 1, 2007
• No fee for victims, $3 for all others to place or lift the freeze and $5 replacement PIN.
• Applies to all consumers.
• How to place a security freeze in Montana:
  www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityMT.pdf

Montana Identity Theft Passport Program

• Code Ann. § 45-24-220
  http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca/46/24/46-24-220.htm
  Phone: (406) 444-4500 or (800) 481-6896
  Fax: (406) 444-9680
  E-mail: idtheftpassport@mt.gov

  • To qualify for a passport, identity theft victims must file a police report with a Montana law enforcement agency and present a completed Identity Theft Passport application with a photo ID to the investigating agency. Once the complaint has been verified by law enforcement, the agency faxes or mails to Montana's Office of Consumer Protection and Victim Services:

    • a copy of the completed investigation report
    • the Identity Theft Passport application, signed by the victim and the officer
    • a copy of the victim's driver license or other official form of photo identification

Contacts in Montana

• Attorney General: Steve Bullock
  Justice Bldg., 215 N. Sanders, Helena, MT 59620-1401
  Phone: (406) 444-2026
  Website: www.doj.mt.gov
   
• Identity Theft Passport Program
  Website: www.doj.mt.gov/consumer/consumer/identitytheft.asp#contact
   
• Montana Department of Justice - Motor Vehicle Division
  Website: www.doj.mt.gov/driving/
  Phone: (406) 444-1772
  Email: mvd@mt.gov
  

  CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: www.equifax.com
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: www.experian.com
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: www.transunion.com
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form
• FBI/FTC's Internet Fraud Task Force
  Website: www.ic3.gov

If you know of any not-for-fee identity theft resources in Montana that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC.