If the office determines that the claimant will suffer financial hardship unless a tentative award is made and it appears likely that a final award will be made, an amount may be paid to the claimant, to be deducted from the final award or repaid by and recoverable from the claimant to the extent that it exceeds the final award.
Mont. Code Ann. § 53-9-126
Tentative award of compensation
Known as the The Crime Victims Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 53–53 (27 sections).
En. 71-2614 by Sec. 14, Ch. 527, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 71-2614; amd
Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.