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Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-603 (2026)

Notice Of Injuries Other Than Death To Be Submitted Within 30 Days -- Exception

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  5. 39-71-603 Notice of injuries other than death to be submitted within 30 days -- exception

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Part 6. Claims for Benefits

Notice Of Injuries Other Than Death To Be Submitted Within 30 Days -- Exception

39-71-603. Notice of injuries other than death to be submitted within 30 days -- exception. (1) A claim to recover benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act for injuries not resulting in death may not be considered compensable unless, within 30 days after the occurrence of the accident that is claimed to have caused the injury, notice of the time and place where the accident occurred and the nature of the injury is given to the employer or the employer's insurer by the injured employee or someone on the employee's behalf. Actual knowledge of the accident and injury on the part of the employer or the employer's managing agent or superintendent in charge of the work in which the injured employee was engaged at the time of the injury is equivalent to notice.

(2) If a sole proprietor, partner, manager of a manager-managed limited liability company, member of a member-managed limited liability company, or corporate officer covered under this chapter is injured in an accident, the sole proprietor, partner, manager, member, or corporate officer or an appointed designee shall, within 30 days, notify the insurer of the time and location of the accident and the nature of the injury.

(3) This section does not apply to occupational diseases.

History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 96, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 2933, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 177, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 2933, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 234, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 92-807; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 103, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 397, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 352, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 243, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 416, L. 2005.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 33 cases, 1981–2019 · leading case: Kuzara v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 928 P.2d 136 (Mont. 1996).
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Kuzara v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 928 P.2d 136 (Mont. 1996). · cites it 56× “The sole issue on appeal is whether the Workers' Compensation Court erred when it granted the State Fund's motion for a directed verdict because Elizabeth Kuzara presented insufficient proof of notice of a work-related injury as required by § 39-71-603, MCA (1993). FACTUAL…”
Killebrew v. Larson Cattle Co., 839 P.2d 1260 (Mont. 1992). · cites it 46× “On December 17, 1990, a hearing examiner for the Department of Labor and Industry concluded that claimant was not entitled to disability benefits because he had not given adequate notice under § 39-71-603, MCA (1987). That decision was affirmed by the Workers' Compensation Court…”
Buckentin v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 878 P.2d 262 (Mont. 1994). · cites it 21× “This is an appeal from a Workers’ Compensation Court decision denying Buckentin’s Workers’ Compensation claim because he did not notify his employer of the injury within 30 days as required by § 39-71-603, MCA. We affirm. The sole issue on appeal is whether the claimant, Gregory…”
Reil v. Billings Processors, Inc., 746 P.2d 617 (Mont. 1987). · cites it 77× “Reil had suffered a compensable injury arising out of and in the scope of his employment and that he had given his employer sufficient notice of the injury pursuant to § 39-71-603, MCA. We reverse the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court on the notice issue and remand…”
Solheim v. Tom Davis Ranch, 677 P.2d 1034 (Mont. 1984). · cites it 12× “Injured workers are held to strict notice requirements under section 39-71-603, MCA and may not qualify if their claims are filed late.”
Lee v. Lee, 761 P.2d 835 (Mont. 1988). · cites it 30× “The Workers’ Compensation Court denied Cameron Lee’s claim for *198 compensation for a July 1986 injury, ruling that his claim is barred by his failure to give notice to his employer pursuant to Section 39-71-603, MCA. Cameron Lee appeals.”
Nelson v. Asarco, Inc., 739 P.2d 943 (Mont. 1987). · cites it 26× “Did substantial credible evidence support the Workers' Compensation Court's conclusion that Nelson failed to meet the sixty-day notice requirements of § 39-71-603, MCA? On February 10, 1979, at age fifty-two, Robert Nelson began working for ASARCO at its East Helena smelter.”
Stavenjord v. Montana State Fund, 2003 MT 67 (Mont. 2003). · cites it 6× “Section 39-71-603(1), MCA. No such deeming of notice is provided for occupational diseases.”
Bogle v. Ownerrent Rent to Own, 872 P.2d 800 (Mont. 1994). · cites it 19× “The court denied claimant’s request for an award of benefits by the State Compensation Insurance Fund because it determined that the claimant failed to notify his employer, Ownerrent Rent to Own, of an alleged work-related accident as required by § 39-71-603, MCA. We affirm. The…”
Turjan v. Valley View Estates, 901 P.2d 76 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 7× “Appellant raises the following issue on appeal: Is the one-year time limit for filing a written workers’ compensation claim under § 39-71-601, MCA (1985), and the 60-day time limit for giving an employer notice of injury under § 39-71-603, MCA (1985), tolled while claimant is…”
Larson v. Barry Smith Logging, Inc., 884 P.2d 786 (Mont. 1994). · cites it 14× “Larson appeals the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court entered December 17, 1993, which concluded that because Larson failed to provide his employer with notice of his alleged injury within the 30 days prescribed by § 39-71-603, MCA, he was not entitled to benefits.”
Jones v. St. Regis Paper Co., 639 P.2d 1140 (Mont. 1981). · cites it 6× “Regis Paper Company *143 on September 6, 1979, well within the 60 day notice requirement set forth in section 39-71-603, MCA. On October 30,1979, Ken Stahl, personnel specialist with St.”
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— Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-603(1) — 3 cases
Stavenjord v. Montana State Fund, 2003 MT 67 (Mont. 2003). “Section 39-71-603(1), MCA. No such deeming of notice is provided for occupational diseases.”
SIEBKEN v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2008 MT 353 (Mont. 2008).
Richardson v. Indem. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 444 P.3d 1019 (Mont. 2019).
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