# Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-216: 33-17-216 Temporary insurance producer license

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-216
- **Heading:** 33-17-216 Temporary insurance producer license
- **Jurisdiction:** Montana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MT Code / Title 33 / Chapter 17 / Part 2 / Section 33-17-216

## Text

33-17-216 . Temporary insurance producer license. (1) The commissioner may issue a temporary license to or with respect to an individual qualified for the temporary license only as to age, residence, and trustworthiness and without requiring the individual to take an examination, in the following cases:

(a) to the surviving spouse or next of kin or to the administrator or executor, or the employee of the administrator or executor, of a licensed insurance producer upon the insurance producer's death;

(b) to the spouse, next of kin, employee, or legal guardian of a licensed insurance producer disabled by injury or physical or mental illness;

(c) to an employee of a partnership, or officer or employee of a corporation, licensed as an insurance producer, upon the death or disability of an individual designated in the license to exercise the powers of an insurance producer;

(d) to the designee of a licensed insurance producer entering upon active service in the armed forces of the United States of America;

(e) in any other circumstance in which the commissioner finds that the public interest will best be served by issuing a temporary license.

(2) The temporary license must be issued upon application filed with the commissioner in the form and containing the information as the commissioner may reasonably require.

(3) The temporary license must be for a period of not over 90 days, subject to extension at the commissioner's discretion for an additional period of not more than 90 days, except that a temporary license issued pursuant to subsection (1)(a) may be continued until the executor or administrator disposes of the insurance business, but not to exceed a period of 15 months. A temporary license issued to the next of kin under subsection (1)(a) may not be extended for an additional term after the appointment and qualification of the administrator or executor.

## Nearby sections

- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-201 33-17-201 License required of insurance producer -- forms -- background examinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-201.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-210 33-17-210 Centralized producer license registry -- rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-210.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-211 33-17-211 General qualifications -- application for license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-211.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-212 33-17-212 Examination required -- exceptions -- fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-212.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-213 33-17-213 Conduct of examinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-213.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-214 33-17-214 Issuance of license -- insurance producer lines of authority -- license data -- lapse of license -- change of address](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-214.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-217 33-17-217 Limitations and rights under temporary license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-217.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-219 33-17-219 Inactive status -- insurance producers serving in armed forces](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-219.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-220 33-17-220 Licensing background examination -- action by commissioner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-220.md)
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- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-232 33-17-232 Rights of insurance producer following termination of appointment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-232.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-236 33-17-236 Appointments of insurance producers by insurers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-236.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-237 33-17-237 Notification of violation or appointment termination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C17_P2_S33-17-237.md)

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