Montana Title 32. Financial Institutions § 32-2-1018. Claims--order of payment--priorities

(a) the expense of liquidation, including compensation of agents, employees, and attorneys;

(b) all funds of any other mutual association in the process of liquidation by the department and placed on deposit by the department;

(c) all funds held by the mutual association in trust;

(d) debts due depositors or holders of cashier's checks, certified checks, and drafts on correspondent financial institutions or mutual associations, including protest fees paid by them on valid checks or drafts presented after closing of the mutual association, pro rata. All deposit balances of other financial institutions, mutual associations, or trust companies and all deposits of public funds of every kind except those actually placed on special deposit under the statutes providing for deposit, including those of the United States, this state, and every county, district, municipality, political subdivision, or public corporation of this state, whether secured or unsecured and whether deposited in violation of law or otherwise, are included within the terms of this subsection (1)(d) and take the same priority as debts due any other depositor. Accrued interest on savings accounts, certificates of deposit, or other interest-bearing contracts, up to the time of the closing of the mutual association, is considered as part of the debt due.

(e) interest on the classes of claims contained in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(d) without regard to the priority computed from the date of closing of the mutual association in accordance with the provisions of 25-9-205; and

(f) unliquidated claims for damages and similar claims.