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MT Code § 45-8-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-203. Certain motion picture theater employees not liable for prosecution

  45-8-203. Certain motion picture theater employees not liable for prosecution. (1) (a) As used in this section, "employee" means any person regularly employed by the owner or operator of a motion picture theater if the person has no financial interest other than salary or wages in the ownership or operation of the motion picture theater, has no financial interest in or control over the selection of the motion pictures shown in the theater, and is working within the motion picture theater where the person is regularly employed.   (b) The term does not include a manager of the motion picture theater.   (2) An employee is not liable to prosecution under 45-8-201 and 45-8-206 or under any city or county ordinance for exhibiting or possessing with intent to exhibit any obscene motion picture provided the employee is acting within the scope of regular employment at a showing open to the public.   History: En. 94-8-110.3 by Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-110.3; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 571, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1703, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 45-8-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-204. Repealed

  45-8-204. Repealed. Sec. 18, Ch. 440, L. 1989.   History: En. Secs. 1 to 4, Ch. 430, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-110.2.
MT Code § 45-8-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-205. Definitions

  45-8-205. Definitions. As used in 45-8-205 through 45-8-208, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Display or dissemination of obscene material to minors" means that quality of a description, exhibition, presentation, or representation, in whatever form, of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse when the material or performance, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics:   (a) its dominant theme appeals to a minor's prurient interest in sex;   (b) it depicts or describes sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse in a manner that is patently offensive to contemporary standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors; and   (c) it lacks serious literary, scientific, artistic, or political value for minors. If the court finds that the material or performance has serious literary, scientific, artistic, or political value for a significant percentage of normal older minors, the material or performance may not be found to lack such value for the entire class of minors.   (2) "Material" means a book, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet, poster, print, picture, figure, image, description, motion picture film, record, recording tape, or videotape (except a motion picture or videotape rated G, PG, PG-13, or R by the motion picture association of America).   (3) "Minor" means a person under 18 years of age.   (4) "Newsstand" means a stand that distributes or sells newspapers or magazines.   (5) "Performance" means any motion picture, film, or videotape (except a motion picture or videotape rated G, PG, PG-13, or R by the motion picture association of America); phonograph record; compact disk; tape recording; preview; trailer; play; show; skit; dance; or other exhibition played or performed before an audience of one or more, with or without consideration.   (6) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity of any kind.   (7) "Prurient interest in sex" means a shameful or morbid interest in sex or excretion.   (8) "Sexual conduct" includes:   (a) vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse, whether actual or simulated, normal or perverted. A sexual act is simulated when it gives the appearance of depicting actual sexual activity or the consummation of an ultimate sexual act.   (b) masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of uncovered genitals or female breasts;   (c) sadomasochistic abuse, meaning an act or condition that depicts torture, physical restraint by being fettered or bound, or flagellation of or by a nude person or a person clad in undergarments or in a revealing or bizarre costume.   (9) "Ultimate sexual act" means vaginal or anal sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, or bestiality.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 571, L. 1989.
MT Code § 45-8-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-206. Public display or dissemination of obscene material to minors

  45-8-206. Public display or dissemination of obscene material to minors. (1) A person having custody, control, or supervision of any commercial establishment or newsstand may not knowingly or purposely:   (a) display obscene material to minors in such a way that minors, as a part of the invited public, will be able to view the material. However, a person is considered not to have displayed obscene material to minors if the material is kept behind devices commonly known as blinder racks so that the lower two-thirds of the material is not exposed to view or other reasonable efforts were made to prevent view of the material by a minor.   (b) sell, furnish, present, distribute, or otherwise disseminate to a minor or allow a minor to view, with or without consideration, any obscene material; or   (c) present to a minor or participate in presenting to a minor, with or without consideration, any performance that is obscene to minors.   (2) A person does not violate this section if:   (a) the person had reasonable cause to believe the minor was 18 years of age. "Reasonable cause" includes but is not limited to being shown a draft card, driver's license, marriage license, birth certificate, educational identification card, governmental identification card, tribal identification card, or other official or apparently official card or document purporting to establish that the person is 18 years of age;   (b) the person is, or is acting as, an employee of a bona fide public school, college, or university or a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purposes of a school, college, or university and the material or performance was disseminated in accordance with policies approved by the governing body of the institution;   (c) the person is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of a public library or museum and the material or performance was acquired by the library or museum and disseminated in accordance with policies approved by the governing body of the library or museum;   (d) an exhibition in a state of nudity is for a bona fide scientific or medical purpose for a bona fide school, library, or museum; or   (e) the person is a retail sales clerk with no financial interest in the material or performance or in the establishment displaying or selling the material or performance.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 571, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 180, L. 2007.
MT Code § 45-8-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-207. Notice of violation

  45-8-207. Notice of violation. Before a county attorney may prosecute a person for a continuing violation of 45-8-206, the county attorney shall determine that the material or performance is obscene to minors, give the alleged violator actual notice of the determination and notice that the person will be prosecuted if the person does not desist, and determine that the violation continued for at least 3 days after notice was received. The person may seek a declaratory judgment on the question of whether the material or performance is obscene to minors. The statute of limitations for the offense is tolled while the declaratory judgment or an appeal from it is pending.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 571, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1704, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 45-8-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-208. Penalties

  45-8-208. Penalties. (1) A person who is convicted of violating 45-8-206 is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined an amount not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both.   (2) For purposes of 45-8-206, multiple copies of the same title, monthly issue, volume and number issue, or other identical material constitutes a single offense.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 571, L. 1989.
MT Code § 45-8-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-209. Harming a police dog -- penalty -- definition

  45-8-209. Harming a police dog -- penalty -- definition. (1) A person commits the offense of harming a police dog if the person purposely or knowingly shoots, kills, or otherwise injures a police dog being used by a:   (a) law enforcement officer in discharging or attempting to discharge a legal duty in a reasonable and proper manner; or   (b) person while the person is under the control of and acting under the direction of an officer of an official law enforcement agency during the performance of the agency's law enforcement or search and rescue duties.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of harming a police dog may be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.   (3) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Law enforcement officer" means a person who is a peace officer, as defined in 46-1-202, or any other agent of a criminal justice agency.   (b) "Police dog" means a dog that is:   (i) used by a law enforcement agency, as defined in 44-11-303, in the exercise of its authority;   (ii) specifically trained for law enforcement or search and rescue work; and   (iii) under the control of a law enforcement officer.   History: En. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 536, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 258, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 258, Ch. 800, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 63, L. 1997.
MT Code § 45-8-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-210. Causing animals to fight -- owners, trainers, and spectators -- penalties -- exception -- definition

  45-8-210. Causing animals to fight -- owners, trainers, and spectators -- penalties -- exception -- definition. (1) A person commits the offense of causing animals to fight if the person:   (a) owns, possesses, keeps, or trains any animal with the intent that the animal fight or be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another animal;   (b) allows or causes any animal to fight with another animal or causes any animal to menace or injure another animal for the purpose of sport, amusement, or gain;   (c) knowingly permits any act in violation of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) to take place on any premises under the person's charge or control or aids or abets any act described in subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b);   (d) participates in any exhibition in which animals are fighting for the purpose of sport, amusement, or gain.   (2) A person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 1 year or more than 5 years, or both.   (3) Nothing in this section prohibits the following:   (a) accepted husbandry practices used in the raising of livestock or poultry;   (b) the use of animals in the normal and usual course of rodeo events; or   (c) the use of animals in hunting and training as permitted by law.   (4) For purposes of this section, "animal" means any cock, bird, dog, or mammal except a human.   History: En. Secs. 2, 3, Ch. 410, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1705, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 45-8-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-212. Criminal defamation

  45-8-212. Criminal defamation. (1) Defamatory matter is anything that exposes a person or a group, class, or association to hatred, contempt, ridicule, degradation, or disgrace in society or injury to the person's or its business or occupation.   (2) Whoever, with knowledge of its defamatory character, orally, in writing, or by any other means, including by electronic communication, as defined in 45-8-213, communicates any defamatory matter to a third person without the consent of the person defamed commits the offense of criminal defamation and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 6 months in the county jail or a fine of not more than $500, or both.   (3) Violation of subsection (2) is justified if:   (a) the defamatory matter is true;   (b) the communication is absolutely privileged;   (c) the communication consists of fair comment made in good faith with respect to persons participating in matters of public concern;   (d) the communication consists of a fair and true report or a fair summary of any judicial, legislative, or other public or official proceedings; or   (e) the communication is between persons each having an interest or duty with respect to the subject matter of the communication and is made with the purpose to further the interest or duty.   (4) A person may not be convicted on the basis of an oral communication of defamatory matter except upon the testimony of at least two other persons that they heard and understood the oral statement as defamatory or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.   History: En. 94-8-111 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-111; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 230, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 395, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 344, L. 2003.
MT Code § 45-8-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-214. Bribery in contests

  45-8-214. Bribery in contests. (1) A person commits the offense of bribery in contests if the person purposely or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer upon another or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another:   (a) any pecuniary benefit as a consideration for the recipient's failure to use the recipient's best efforts in connection with any professional or amateur athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition; or   (b) any benefit as consideration for a violation of a known duty as a person participating in, officiating, or connected with any professional or amateur athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of bribery in contests shall be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.   History: En. 94-8-112 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-112; amd. Sec. 1706, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 45-8-215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-215. Desecration of flags

  45-8-215. Desecration of flags. (1) In this section, the term "flag" means anything that is or purports to be the official flag of the United States, the United States shield, the United States coat of arms, the Montana state flag, or a copy, picture, or representation of any of the described articles.   (2) A person commits the offense of desecration of flags if the person purposely or knowingly:   (a) publicly mutilates, defiles, or casts contempt upon the flag;   (b) places on or attaches to the flag any work, mark, design, or advertisement not properly a part of the flag or exposes to public view a flag so altered;   (c) manufactures or exposes to public view an article of merchandise or a wrapper or receptacle for merchandise upon which the flag is depicted; or   (d) uses the flag for commercial advertising purposes.   (3) A person convicted of the offense of desecration of flags shall be imprisoned in the state prison for any term not to exceed 10 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   (4) This section does not apply to flags depicted on written or printed documents or periodicals or on stationery, ornaments, pictures, or jewelry if there are not unauthorized words or designs on the flags and if the flag is not connected with any advertisement.   History: En. 94-7-502 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-7-502; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1707, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 45-8-216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-216. Unlawful automated telephone solicitation -- exceptions -- penalties

  45-8-216. Unlawful automated telephone solicitation -- exceptions -- penalties. (1) A person may not use an automated telephone system, device, or facsimile machine for the selection and dialing of telephone numbers and playing of recorded messages if a message is completed to the dialed number for the purpose of:   (a) offering goods or services for sale;   (b) conveying information on goods or services in soliciting sales or purchases;   (c) soliciting information;   (d) gathering data or statistics; or   (e) promoting a political campaign or any use related to a political campaign.   (2) This section does not prohibit the use of an automated telephone system, device, or facsimile machine described under subsection (1) for purposes of informing purchasers of the receipt, availability for delivery, delay in delivery, or other pertinent information on the status of any purchased goods or services, of responding to an inquiry initiated by any person, or of providing any other pertinent information when there is a preexisting business relationship. This section does not prohibit the use of an automated telephone system or device if the permission of the called party is obtained by a live operator before the recorded message is delivered.   (3) A person violating subsection (1) is subject to a fine of not more than $2,500.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 230, L. 1991.
MT Code § 45-8-217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-217. Aggravated animal cruelty

  45-8-217. Aggravated animal cruelty. A person commits the offense of aggravated animal cruelty if the person purposely or knowingly:   (1) kills or inflicts cruelty to an animal with the purpose of terrifying, torturing, or mutilating the animal; or   (2) inflicts cruelty to animals on a collection, kennel, or herd of 10 or more animals.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 366, L. 2003.
MT Code § 45-8-218 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-218. Deviate sexual conduct

  45-8-218. Deviate sexual conduct. (1) A person who knowingly engages in deviate sexual relations or who causes another to engage in deviate sexual relations commits the offense of deviate sexual conduct.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of deviate sexual conduct shall be imprisoned in the state prison for any term not to exceed 10 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   History: En. 94-5-505 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-5-505; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 175, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 687, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 225, L. 2013; Sec. 45-5-505, MCA 2011; redes. 45-8-218 by Sec. 8, Ch. 225, L. 2013.
MT Code § 45-8-219 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-219. reserved

  45-8-219 reserved.
MT Code § 45-8-220 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-220. Criminal invasion of personal privacy

  45-8-220. Criminal invasion of personal privacy. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person commits the offense of invasion of personal privacy if the person knowingly or purposely obtains or attempts to obtain personal or confidential information about an individual while posing as the individual. A person convicted under this section shall be incarcerated for a term not to exceed 1 year or fined an amount not to exceed $10,000, or both.   (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who poses as another individual with the express consent of that other individual.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 2007.
MT Code § 45-8-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 2. Offensive, Indecent, and Inhumane Conduct|45-8-221. Predatory loitering by sexual offender

  45-8-221. Predatory loitering by sexual offender. (1) A person commits the offense of predatory loitering if the person:   (a) was previously convicted of a predatory sexual offense or sexual abuse of children;   (b) purposely or knowingly loiters:   (i) in the vicinity of a residence, school, church, or place of work of the person's previous victim; or   (ii) in the vicinity of any school, park, playground, church, bicycle or multiuse path, or other place frequented by minors of an age similar to the age of the victim of the previous sexual offense if the sexual offense concerned a minor; and   (c) has previously been requested by a person in authority to:   (i) leave the area in which the person loiters; or   (ii) leave any area in which the person has loitered.   (2) Proof of the offense of predatory loitering must also include proof that the person in authority has made a report of the request to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the area, and the agency has documented the report.   (3) A person convicted of the offense of predatory loitering may be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. A person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of predatory loitering may be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.   (4) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Person in authority" includes a peace officer or:   (i) for the purposes of a school or playground, a principal, teacher, school staff member, parent or other adult relative of a child attending the school or playground, or other supervisor of minors;   (ii) for the purposes of a church, a minister, priest, rabbi, deacon, or other ecclesiastical official, a church staff member, or a parent or other adult relative of a child attending the church;   (iii) for the purposes of a park, playground, or bicycle or multiuse path, a person specified in subsection (3)(a)(i) or a park warden, guard, or host; or   (iv) for purposes of a place of work, a person employed at the place of work.   (b) "Predatory sexual offense" has the meaning provided in 46-23-502.   (c) "Sexual abuse of children" means commission of the offense provided in 45-5-625.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 2011.
MT Code § 45-8-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 8. Offenses Against Public Order|Part 3. Weapons|45-8-301. Uniformity of interpretation

  45-8-301. Uniformity of interpretation. Sections 45-8-302 through 45-8-305 and 45-8-307 must be interpreted and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact them.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 43, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 11317.10, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-3110, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 94-8-209 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-209; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 466, L. 1999.