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MT Code § 45-5-627 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-627. Ritual abuse of minor -- exceptions -- penalty

  45-5-627. Ritual abuse of minor -- exceptions -- penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of ritual abuse of a minor if the person purposely or knowingly and as part of any ceremony, rite, or ritual or of any training or practice for any ceremony, rite, or ritual:   (a) has sexual intercourse without consent with a person less than 16 years of age; commits assault, aggravated assault, assault on a minor, or assault with a weapon against a victim less than 16 years of age; or kills a person less than 16 years of age;   (b) actually or by simulation tortures, mutilates, or sacrifices an animal or person in the presence of the minor;   (c) dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a human corpse or remains in the presence of the minor;   (d) forces upon the minor or upon another person in the presence of a minor the ingestion or the external bodily application of human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood, bone, or bodily secretions or drugs or chemical compounds;   (e) places a living minor or another living person in the presence of a minor in a coffin or open grave that is empty or that contains a human corpse or remains; or   (f) threatens the minor or, in the presence of the minor, threatens any person or animal with death or serious bodily harm and the minor reasonably believes that the threat will or may be carried out.   (2) This section does not apply to activities, practices, and procedures otherwise allowed by law.   (3) Except as provided in 46-18-219, a person convicted of ritual abuse of a minor shall:   (a) for the first offense, be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 20 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, or both; and   (b) for a second or subsequent offense, be imprisoned in the state prison for any term of not less than 2 years or more than 40 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, or both.   (4) In addition to any sentence imposed under subsection (3), after determining pursuant to 46-18-242 the financial resources and future ability of the offender to pay restitution, the court shall require the offender, if able, to pay the victim's reasonable costs of counseling that result from the offense. The amount, method, and time of payment must be determined in the same manner as provided for in 46-18-244.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 560, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 482, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 432, L. 1999.
MT Code § 45-5-628 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-628. Criminal child endangerment

  45-5-628. Criminal child endangerment. (1) A person commits the offense of criminal child endangerment if the person purposely, knowingly, or negligently causes substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to a child under 14 years of age by:  (a) failing to seek reasonable medical care for a child suffering from an apparent acute life-threatening condition;   (b) placing a child in the physical custody of another who the person knows has previously purposely or knowingly caused bodily injury to a child;   (c) placing a child in the physical custody of another who the person knows has previously committed an offense against the child under 45-5-502 or 45-5-503;   (d) manufacturing or distributing dangerous drugs in a place where a child is present;   (e) operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or dangerous drugs in violation of 61-8-1002 or committing aggravated driving under the influence as defined in 61-8-1001 with a child in the vehicle; or   (f) failing to attempt to provide proper nutrition for a child, resulting in a medical diagnosis of nonorganic failure to thrive.   (2) A person may not be charged under subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) if the person placed the child in the other person's custody pursuant to a court order.   (3) A person convicted of the offense of criminal child endangerment shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.   (4) For purposes of this section, "nonorganic failure to thrive" means inadequate physical growth that is a result of insufficient nutrition and is not secondary to a diagnosed medical condition.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 304, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 498, L. 2021.
MT Code § 45-5-629 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-629. and 45-5-630 reserved

  45-5-629 and 45-5-630 reserved.
MT Code § 45-5-631 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-631. Interference with parent-child contact

  45-5-631. Interference with parent-child contact. (1) A person who has been granted parent-child contact under a parenting plan commits the offense of interference with parent-child contact if the person knowingly or purposely prevents, obstructs, or frustrates the rights of another person entitled to parent-child contact under an existing court order.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of interference with parent-child contact shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 5 days, or both.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 493, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 343, L. 1997.
MT Code § 45-5-632 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-632. Aggravated interference with parent-child contact

  45-5-632. Aggravated interference with parent-child contact. (1) A person who commits the offense of interference with parent-child contact by changing the residence of the minor child to another state without giving written notice as required in 40-4-217, unless the notice requirement has been precluded under 40-4-234, or without written consent of the person entitled to parent-child contact pursuant to an existing court order commits the offense of aggravated interference with parent-child contact.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of aggravated interference with parent-child contact shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 18 months, or both.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 493, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 343, L. 1997.
MT Code § 45-5-633 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-633. Defenses to interference with parent-child contact and aggravated interference with parent-child contact

  45-5-633. Defenses to interference with parent-child contact and aggravated interference with parent-child contact. (1) A person does not commit the offense of interference with parent-child contact or aggravated interference with parent-child contact if the person acts:   (a) with the consent of the person entitled to parent-child contact;   (b) under an existing court order; or   (c) with reasonable cause.   (2) Return of the child before arrest is a defense only with respect to the first commission of interference with parent-child contact or aggravated interference with parent-child contact.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 493, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 343, L. 1997.
MT Code § 45-5-634 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-634. Parenting interference

  45-5-634. Parenting interference. (1) A person commits the offense of parenting interference if, knowing that the person has no legal right to do so, the person:   (a) before the entry of a court order determining parenting rights, takes, entices, or withholds a child from the other parent when the action manifests a purpose to substantially deprive that parent of parenting rights; or   (b) is one of two persons who has parenting authority of a child under a court order and takes, entices, or withholds the child from the other when the action manifests a purpose to substantially deprive the other parent of parenting rights.   (2) A person convicted of the offense of parenting interference 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.   (3) With respect to the first alleged commission of the offense only, a person who has not left the state does not commit an offense under this section if the person voluntarily returns the child before arraignment. With respect to the first alleged commission of the offense only, a person who has left the state does not commit an offense under this section if the person voluntarily returns the child before arrest.   History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 343, L. 1997.
MT Code § 45-5-635 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|45-5-635. and 45-5-636 reserved

  45-5-635 and 45-5-636 reserved.
MT Code § 45-5-637 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 6. Offenses Against the Family|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

  45-5-637. 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. (1) A person under 18 years of age who knowingly possesses or consumes a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product, as defined in 16-11-302, commits the offense of possession or consumption of a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product.   (2) A person convicted of possession or consumption of a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product:   (a) shall be fined $50 for a first offense, no less than $75 or more than $100 for a second offense, and no less than $100 or more than $250 for a third or subsequent offense; or   (b) may be adjudicated on a petition alleging the person to be a youth in need of intervention under the provisions of the Montana Youth Court Act provided for in Title 41, chapter 5.   (3) A person convicted of possession or consumption of a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product may also be required to perform community service or to attend a tobacco cessation program.   (4) A person under 18 years of age commits the offense of attempt to purchase a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product if the person knowingly attempts to purchase a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product, as defined in 16-11-302. A person convicted of attempt to purchase a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product:   (a) for a first offense, shall be fined $50 and may be ordered to perform community service;   (b) for a second or subsequent offense, shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 and may be ordered to perform community service.   (5) The fines collected under subsections (2) and (4) must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the local government that employs the arresting officer, or if the arresting officer is an officer of the highway patrol, the fines must be credited to the county general fund in the county in which the arrest was made.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 376, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 550, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 498, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 337, L. 2015.
MT Code § 45-5-701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-701. Definitions

  45-5-701. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older.   (2) "Coercion" means:   (a) the use or threat of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person;   (b) the use of a plan, pattern, or statement with intent to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person;   (c) the abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process;   (d) controlling or threatening to control a person's access to any substance defined as a dangerous drug pursuant to Title 50, chapter 32, parts 1 and 2;   (e) the actual or threatened destruction or taking of a person's identification document or other property;   (f) the use of debt bondage;   (g) the use of a person's physical or mental impairment when the impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the person's cognitive or volitional function; or   (h) the commission of civil or criminal fraud.   (3) "Commercial sexual activity" means sexual activity for which anything of value is given to, promised to, or received by a person.   (4) "Debt bondage" means inducing a person to provide:   (a) commercial sexual activity in payment toward or satisfaction of a real or purported debt; or   (b) labor or services in payment toward or satisfaction of a real or purported debt if:   (i) the reasonable value of the labor or services is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt; or   (ii) the length of the labor or services is not limited and the nature of the labor or services is not defined.   (5) "Human trafficking" means the commission of an offense under 45-5-702, 45-5-703, 45-5-704, or 45-5-705.   (6) "Identification document" means a passport, driver's license, immigration document, travel document, or other government-issued identification document, including a document issued by a foreign government.   (7) "Labor or services" means activity having economic value.   (8) "Serious harm" means physical or nonphysical harm, including psychological, economic, or reputational harm to a person that would compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances to perform or continue to perform labor or services or sexual activity to avoid incurring the harm.   (9) "Sexual activity" means any sex act or simulated sex act intended to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. The term includes a sexually explicit performance.   (10) "Sexually explicit performance" means a live, public, private, photographed, recorded, or videotaped act or simulated act intended to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 285, L. 2015.
MT Code § 45-5-702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-702. Trafficking of persons

  45-5-702. Trafficking of persons. (1) A person commits the offense of trafficking of persons if the person purposely or knowingly:   (a) recruits, transports, transfers, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains, or entices another person intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude or sexual servitude; or   (b) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from facilitating any conduct described in subsection (1)(a) or from participation in a venture that has subjected another person to involuntary servitude or sexual servitude.   (2) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2)(b) and (2)(c), a person convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 15 years, fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   (b) A person convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 50 years, fined an amount not to exceed $100,000, or both, if the victim was a child.   (c) A person convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 25 years, fined an amount not to exceed $75,000, or both, if the violation involves aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual intercourse without consent, or deliberate homicide.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 285, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 308, L. 2019.
MT Code § 45-5-703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-703. Involuntary servitude

  45-5-703. Involuntary servitude. (1) A person commits the offense of involuntary servitude if the person purposely or knowingly uses coercion to compel another person to provide labor or services, unless the conduct is otherwise permissible under federal or state law.   (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), a person convicted of the offense of involuntary servitude shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 15 years, fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   (b) A person convicted of the offense of involuntary servitude shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 50 years and may be fined not more than $100,000 if:   (i) the violation involves aggravated kidnapping, sexual intercourse without consent, or deliberate homicide; or   (ii) the victim was a child.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 285, L. 2015.
MT Code § 45-5-704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-704. Sexual servitude

  45-5-704. Sexual servitude. (1) A person commits the offense of sexual servitude if the person purposely or knowingly:   (a) uses fraud, coercion, or deception to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity; or   (b) recruits, transports, transfers, harbors, receives, provides, obtains by any means, isolates, entices, maintains, or makes available a child for the purpose of commercial sexual activity.   (2) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (1)(b) that the child consented to engage in commercial sexual activity or that the defendant believed the child was an adult.   (3) (a) A person convicted of the offense of sexual servitude under subsection (1)(a) shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 15 years, fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   (b) A person convicted of the offense of sexual servitude under subsection (1)(b) shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 25 years and fined an amount not to exceed $75,000.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 285, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 308, L. 2019.
MT Code § 45-5-705 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-705. Patronizing victim of sexual servitude

  45-5-705. Patronizing victim of sexual servitude. (1) A person commits the offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude if the person purposely or knowingly gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value so that a person may engage in commercial sexual activity:   (a) that involves sexual contact that is direct and not through clothing with another person who the person knows or reasonably should have known is a victim of sexual servitude; or   (b) with a child.   (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), a person convicted of the offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 15 years, fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.   (b) If the individual patronized was a child, a person convicted of the offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude, whether or not the person believed the child was an adult, shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 25 years and fined an amount not to exceed $75,000.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 285, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 308, L. 2019.
MT Code § 45-5-706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-706. Aggravating circumstance

  45-5-706. Aggravating circumstance. (1) An aggravating circumstance during the commission of an offense under 45-5-702, 45-5-703, 45-5-704, or 45-5-705 occurs when the defendant recruited, enticed, or obtained the victim of the offense from a shelter that serves runaway youth, foster children, homeless persons, or persons subjected to human trafficking, domestic violence, or sexual assault.   (2) If the trier of fact finds that an aggravating circumstance occurred during the commission of an offense under 45-5-702, 45-5-703, 45-5-704, or 45-5-705, the defendant may be imprisoned for up to 5 years in addition to the period of imprisonment prescribed for the offense. An additional sentence prescribed by this section must run consecutively to the sentence provided for the underlying offense.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 285, L. 2015.
MT Code § 45-5-708 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-708. Past sexual behavior of victim

  45-5-708. Past sexual behavior of victim. In a prosecution for an offense under 45-5-702, 45-5-703, 45-5-704, or 45-5-705 or a civil action under 27-1-755, evidence concerning a specific instance of the victim's past sexual behavior or reputation or opinion evidence of the victim's past sexual behavior is inadmissible unless the evidence is admitted in accordance with 45-5-511(2) or offered by the prosecution to prove a pattern of human trafficking by the defendant.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 285, L. 2015.
MT Code § 45-5-709 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-709. Immunity of child -- sex therapy participants

  45-5-709. Immunity of child -- sex therapy participants. (1) A person is not criminally liable or subject to proceedings under Title 41, chapter 5, for prostitution, promoting prostitution, or other nonviolent offenses if the person was a child at the time of the offense and committed the offense as a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking.   (2) A person who has engaged in commercial sexual activity is not criminally liable or subject to proceedings under Title 41, chapter 5, for prostitution if the person was a child at the time of the offense.   (3) A child who under subsection (1) or (2) is not subject to criminal liability or proceedings under Title 41, chapter 5, is presumed to be a youth in need of care under Title 41, chapter 3, and is entitled to specialized services and care, which may include access to protective shelter, food, clothing, medical care, counseling, and crisis intervention services, if appropriate.   (4) Subsections (1) through (3) do not apply in a prosecution under 45-5-601 or a proceeding under Title 41, chapter 5, for patronizing a prostitute.   (5) It is not a violation of this part for a person with an impaired physical ability, physical dysfunction, recent injury, or other disability to engage in sex therapy with a partner surrogate who is working under the supervision of a social worker, professional counselor, or licensed clinical professional counselor licensed under Title 37, chapter 22 or 23.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 285, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 308, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 468, L. 2019.
MT Code § 45-5-710 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 45. Crimes|Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person|Part 7. Human Trafficking|45-5-710. Affirmative defense

  45-5-710. Affirmative defense. A person charged with prostitution, promoting prostitution, or another nonviolent offense committed as a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking may assert an affirmative defense that the person is a victim of human trafficking.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 285, L. 2015.