Montana

Montana Code Annotated — Title 45, Crimes

328 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 45-1-101 — Short title
• § 45-1-102 — General purposes and principles of construction
• § 45-1-103 — Application to offenses committed before and after enactment
• § 45-1-104 — Other limitations on applicability
• § 45-1-201 — Classification of offenses
• § 45-1-205 — General time limitations
• § 45-1-206 — Periods excluded from limitation
• § 45-10-101 — Definitions
• § 45-10-102 — Determination of what constitutes paraphernalia
• § 45-10-103 — Criminal possession of drug paraphernalia
• § 45-10-104 — Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia
• § 45-10-105 — Delivery of drug paraphernalia to minor
• § 45-10-106 — Advertisement of drug paraphernalia
• § 45-10-107 — Exemptions
• § 45-2-101 — General definitions
• § 45-2-102 — Substitutes for negligence and knowledge
• § 45-2-103 — General requirements of criminal act and mental state
• § 45-2-104 — Absolute liability
• § 45-2-201 — Causal relationship between conduct and result
• § 45-2-202 — Voluntary act
• § 45-2-203 — Responsibility -- intoxicated condition
• § 45-2-204 — Liability of firefighters
• § 45-2-211 — Consent as defense
• § 45-2-212 — Compulsion
• § 45-2-213 — Entrapment
• § 45-2-301 — Accountability for conduct of another
• § 45-2-302 — When accountability exists
• § 45-2-303 — Separate conviction of person accountable
• § 45-2-311 — Criminal responsibility of corporations
• § 45-2-312 — Accountability for conduct of corporation
• § 45-3-101 — Definitions
• § 45-3-102 — Use of force in defense of person
• § 45-3-103 — Use of force in defense of occupied structure
• § 45-3-104 — Use of force in defense of other property
• § 45-3-105 — Use of force by aggressor
• § 45-3-106 — Use of force to prevent escape
• § 45-3-107 — Use of force by parent, guardian, or teacher
• § 45-3-108 — Use of force in resisting arrest
• § 45-3-109 — Execution of death sentence
• § 45-3-110 — No duty to summon help or flee
• § 45-3-111 — Openly carrying weapon -- display
• § 45-3-112 — Investigation of alleged offense involving claim of justifiable use of force
• § 45-3-115 — Affirmative defense
• § 45-3-116 — Use of force in defense of military equipment and information
• § 45-4-101 — Solicitation
• § 45-4-102 — Conspiracy
• § 45-4-103 — Attempt
• § 45-5-102 — Deliberate homicide
• § 45-5-103 — Mitigated deliberate homicide
• § 45-5-104 — Negligent homicide
• § 45-5-105 — Aiding or soliciting suicide
• § 45-5-106 — Vehicular homicide while under influence
• § 45-5-107 — Aggravated vehicular homicide while under the influence
• § 45-5-111 — Extrajudicial confession -- evidence of death
• § 45-5-112 — Inference of mental state
• § 45-5-116 — Harm to fetus of another -- exceptions
• § 45-5-201 — Assault
• § 45-5-202 — Aggravated assault
• § 45-5-203 — Intimidation
• § 45-5-204 — Mistreating prisoners
• § 45-5-205 — Negligent vehicular assault -- penalty
• § 45-5-206 — Partner or family member assault -- penalty
• § 45-5-207 — Criminal endangerment -- penalty
• § 45-5-208 — Negligent endangerment -- penalty
• § 45-5-209 — Partner or family member assault -- no contact order -- notice -- violation of order -- penalty
• § 45-5-210 — Assault on peace officer or judicial officer
• § 45-5-211 — Assault upon sports official
• § 45-5-212 — Assault on minor
• § 45-5-213 — Assault with weapon
• § 45-5-214 — Assault with bodily fluid
• § 45-5-215 — Strangulation of partner or family member
• § 45-5-220 — Stalking -- exemption -- penalty
• § 45-5-221 — Malicious intimidation or harassment relating to civil or human rights -- penalty
• § 45-5-222 — Sentence enhancement -- offenses committed because of victim's race, creed, religion, color, national origin, or involvement in civil rights or human rights activities
• § 45-5-223 — Surreptitious visual observation or recordation -- place of residence -- public place -- exceptions
• § 45-5-231 — Definitions
• § 45-5-232 — Offender intervention counseling referral
• § 45-5-233 — Report to court or probation officer
• § 45-5-234 — Offender intervention counseling confidentiality
• § 45-5-301 — Unlawful restraint
• § 45-5-302 — Kidnapping
• § 45-5-303 — Aggravated kidnapping
• § 45-5-304 — Custodial interference
• § 45-5-401 — Robbery
• § 45-5-501 — Definitions
• § 45-5-502 — Sexual assault
• § 45-5-503 — Sexual intercourse without consent
• § 45-5-504 — Indecent exposure
• § 45-5-507 — Incest
• § 45-5-508 — Aggravated sexual intercourse without consent
• § 45-5-511 — Provisions generally applicable to sexual crimes
• § 45-5-512 — Chemical treatment of sex offenders
• § 45-5-513 — Geographic restrictions applicable to high-risk sexual offenders
• § 45-5-601 — Prostitution -- patronizing prostitute -- exception
• § 45-5-611 — Bigamy
• § 45-5-612 — Marrying a bigamist
• § 45-5-621 — Nonsupport
• § 45-5-622 — Endangering welfare of children
• § 45-5-623 — Unlawful transactions with children
• § 45-5-624 — Possession of or unlawful attempt to purchase intoxicating substance other than alcohol or marijuana -- interference with sentence or court order
• § 45-5-625 — Sexual abuse of children
• § 45-5-626 — Violation of order of protection
• § 45-5-627 — Ritual abuse of minor -- exceptions -- penalty
• § 45-5-628 — Criminal child endangerment
• § 45-5-629 — Grooming of child for sexual offense
• § 45-5-631 — Interference with parent-child contact
• § 45-5-632 — Aggravated interference with parent-child contact
• § 45-5-633 — Defenses to interference with parent-child contact and aggravated interference with parent-child contact
• § 45-5-634 — Parenting interference
• § 45-5-637 — Possession or consumption of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products by persons under 18 years of age prohibited -- unlawful attempt to purchase -- penalties
• § 45-5-638 — Possession of or unlawful attempt to purchase alcoholic beverage -- interference with court order
• § 45-5-639 — Possession of or unlawful attempt to purchase marijuana -- interference with court order
• § 45-5-640 — Disclosing explicit synthetic media
• § 45-5-701 — Definitions
• § 45-5-702 — Sex trafficking
• § 45-5-703 — Labor trafficking
• § 45-5-705 — Patronizing victim of sex trafficking
• § 45-5-706 — Aggravated sex trafficking
• § 45-5-707 — Property subject to forfeiture -- human trafficking
• § 45-5-708 — Past sexual behavior of victim
• § 45-5-709 — Immunity of child -- sex therapy participants
• § 45-5-710 — Affirmative defense
• § 45-5-711 — Child sex trafficking
• § 45-5-712 — Evidence in cases of sex trafficking, aggravated sex trafficking, or child sex trafficking
• § 45-5-801 — Definitions
• § 45-5-802 — Abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect of vulnerable adult -- penalties
• § 45-5-803 — Failure to report abuse or neglect of vulnerable adult -- false reporting -- penalties
• § 45-5-804 — Exploitation of incapacitated person or vulnerable adult -- penalties
• § 45-6-101 — Criminal mischief
• § 45-6-102 — Negligent arson
• § 45-6-103 — Arson
• § 45-6-104 — Desecration of capitol, place of worship, cemetery, or public memorial
• § 45-6-105 — Criminal destruction of or tampering with communication device
• § 45-6-106 — Criminal mischief damage to rental property
• § 45-6-201 — Definition of enter or remain unlawfully
• § 45-6-202 — Criminal trespass to vehicles
• § 45-6-203 — Criminal trespass to property
• § 45-6-204 — Burglary
• § 45-6-205 — Possession of burglary tools
• § 45-6-206 — Unlawful squatting
• § 45-6-207 — Fraudulent sale or lease of property
• § 45-6-210 — Criminal trespass by unmanned aerial vehicle -- exceptions
• § 45-6-301 — Theft
• § 45-6-302 — Theft of lost or mislaid property
• § 45-6-303 — Offender's interest in the property
• § 45-6-305 — Theft of labor or services or use of property
• § 45-6-306 — Obtaining communication services with intent to defraud
• § 45-6-307 — Aiding the avoidance of telecommunications charges
• § 45-6-308 — Unauthorized use of motor vehicles
• § 45-6-309 — Failure to return rented or leased personal property
• § 45-6-310 — Definitions -- computer use
• § 45-6-311 — Unlawful use of a computer -- exceptions
• § 45-6-312 — Unauthorized acquisition or transfer of food stamps
• § 45-6-313 — Medicaid fraud
• § 45-6-314 — Theft by disposal of stolen property
• § 45-6-315 — Defrauding creditors
• § 45-6-316 — Issuing a bad check
• § 45-6-317 — Deceptive practices
• § 45-6-318 — Deceptive business practices
• § 45-6-319 — Chain distributor schemes
• § 45-6-320 — Theft of nonferrous metal
• § 45-6-321 — Illegal transportation of catalytic converters
• § 45-6-325 — Forgery
• § 45-6-326 — Obscuring identity of machine
• § 45-6-327 — Illegal branding or altering or obscuring of brand
• § 45-6-328 — Forfeiture for theft of commonly domesticated hoofed animal or illegal branding or altering or obscuring of brand
• § 45-6-329 — Disposition of property and proceeds of sale
• § 45-6-332 — Theft of identity
• § 45-6-341 — Money laundering
• § 45-6-345 — Determination of number of convictions
• § 45-7-101 — Bribery in official and political matters
• § 45-7-102 — Threats and other improper influence in official and political matters
• § 45-7-103 — Criminal use of office or position
• § 45-7-104 — Gifts to public servants by persons subject to their jurisdiction
• § 45-7-201 — Perjury
• § 45-7-202 — False swearing
• § 45-7-203 — Unsworn falsification to authorities
• § 45-7-204 — False alarms to agencies of public safety
• § 45-7-205 — False reports to peace officers
• § 45-7-206 — Tampering with witnesses and informants
• § 45-7-207 — Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence -- penalties
• § 45-7-208 — Tampering with public records or information
• § 45-7-209 — Impersonation of public servant
• § 45-7-210 — False claim to public agency
• § 45-7-301 — Resisting arrest
• § 45-7-302 — Obstructing peace officer or other public servant
• § 45-7-303 — Obstructing justice
• § 45-7-304 — Failure to aid peace officer
• § 45-7-305 — Compounding of felony
• § 45-7-306 — Escape
• § 45-7-307 — Transferring illegal articles -- unauthorized communication
• § 45-7-308 — Bail-jumping
• § 45-7-309 — Criminal contempt
• § 45-7-313 — Criminal contempt of legislature
• § 45-7-401 — Official misconduct
• § 45-7-501 — Employer misconduct
• § 45-7-601 — Misuse of confidential criminal justice information
• § 45-8-101 — Disorderly conduct
• § 45-8-102 — Failure of disorderly persons to disperse
• § 45-8-103 — Riot