Montana Final Paycheck Law

Montana final paycheck deadline for fired and resigning employees, with the statute and a calculator that returns the exact date your last check is due.

Last update

October 19, 2026

Montana is one of the strict states. Under MCA 39-3-205, an employee you terminate must be paid on the day of discharge; someone who resigns gets more room. In full: Fired: immediately, unless a written policy extends to the next payday or 15 days, whichever is earlier. Quit: next payday or within 15 days, whichever comes first. Pick the separation type, enter the last day and your next payday, and the calculator returns the latest date you can legally pay. Accrued PTO payout is a separate Montana rule and is not included. Related: the Montana minimum wage, the HR compliance risk check for the termination process, and the all-state calculator. Nearby: Idaho, Wyoming and North Dakota.

Montana final paycheck deadline calculator

When a Montana employee's last check is legally due, by how they left and when you normally run payroll.

How did they leave?Last day workedNext regular paydayNotice the employee gave

Pay the final check no later than

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Terminations have a clock. Let payroll run it.

CoAd Pay issues off-cycle final checks the same day, applies the state deadline and PTO rule, and files the paperwork. HR support for the termination is one add-on away.

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Montana rule from MCA 39-3-205 as checked in October 2026. "Working day" means Monday to Friday here. "Immediately" means the last day. PTO payout and deductions are separate rules. Educational, not legal advice.

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