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MT Code § 61-7-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-113. Garages to report

  61-7-113. Garages to report. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by any bullet or involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in 61-7-109 shall report to the department within 24 hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number, and the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 210, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1212; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
MT Code § 61-7-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-114. Accident reports confidential

  61-7-114. Accident reports confidential. (1) All required accident reports and supplemental reports must be without prejudice to the individual reporting and must be for the confidential use of the department or other governmental agencies for accident prevention, roadway design, motor carrier safety monitoring purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles. The department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies being present at the accident.   (2) Except as provided in this section, all accident reports and supplemental information filed as required by this part are confidential and not open to general public inspection. Except as provided in subsection (2)(e), copying of lists of reports is not permitted. The report and supplemental information, including witness statements, filed by law enforcement personnel, as required by this part, may be examined and copied, without obtaining a court order, by:   (a) a person named in the report or involved in the accident;   (b) the representative of the person referred to in subsection (2)(a), designated in writing, or the insurance carrier of that person;   (c) a party to a civil action arising from the accident;   (d) the executor, the administrator, or the attorney representing the executor or administrator if the person is deceased; or   (e) the general public, including commercial entities, for purposes of research into the history of vehicles, but the department may not disclose the name, address, or telephone number of, or other information allowing the identification of, any reporting person, accident victim, peace officer, or other person or any insurer named in a report or supplemental information, including witness statements.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 210, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 256, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 142, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1213; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 486, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 105, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 2001.
MT Code § 61-7-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-115. Department to tabulate and analyze accident reports

  61-7-115. Department to tabulate and analyze accident reports. The department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 210, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1214; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
MT Code § 61-7-116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-116. Any incorporated city permitted to require accident reports

  61-7-116. Any incorporated city permitted to require accident reports. Any incorporated city, town, village, or other municipality may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall also file with a designated city department a report of such accident or a copy of any report herein required to be filed with the department of justice. All such reports shall be for the confidential use of the city department and subject to the provisions of 61-7-114.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 210, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1215; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
MT Code § 61-7-117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-117. Uniformity of interpretation

  61-7-117. Uniformity of interpretation. This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 210, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1216.
MT Code § 61-7-118 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports|Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act|61-7-118. Penalty for violation

  61-7-118. Penalty for violation. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person violating any provision of 61-7-103, 61-7-105 through 61-7-110, or 61-7-112 through 61-7-114 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon a first conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 days. For a second conviction within 1 year of the first conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300 or more than $400, by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Upon a third or subsequent conviction within 1 year of the first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $400 or more than $500, by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.   (2) A driver failing to comply with any provisions of 61-7-103 or 61-7-105 in an accident resulting in injury to any person shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than 30 days or more than 1 year, by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.   (3) A driver failing to comply with any provision of 61-7-103 or 61-7-105 in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury, as defined in 45-2-101, or death of any person or resulting in the driver striking the body of a deceased person shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 1 year or more than 10 years, by a fine in an amount not to exceed $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. Upon conviction, the department shall also revoke the driver's license, permit to drive, or any nonresident operating privilege for the period prescribed in 61-5-205.   (4) Subject to the limitations of 46-18-231(3), an offender who fails to pay a fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail in the county in which the offense was committed, and the punishment must be commuted at the rate of 1 day's incarceration for each $75 of the fine.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 299, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 364, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 335, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 235, L. 2011.
MT Code § 61-8-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-101. Application -- exceptions

  61-8-101. Application -- exceptions. (1) As used in this chapter, "ways of this state open to the public" means any highway, road, alley, lane, parking area, or other public or private place adapted and fitted for public travel that is in common use by the public.  (2) The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:   (a) where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;   (b) the provisions of 61-8-301 and 61-8-1002(1) and (2), with regard to operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs, apply anywhere within this state;   (c) the provisions of 61-8-301 and 61-8-1002, except under the influence of a dangerous drug and 61-8-1002(2), with regard to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, apply upon all ways of this state open to the public.   (3) The operation of motor vehicles directly across the public roads and highways of this state, especially as required in the transportation of natural resource products, including agricultural products and livestock, shall not be considered to be the operation of such vehicles on the public roads and highways of this state or on ways of this state open to the public, provided that such crossings are adequately marked with warning signs or devices. Such crossings are subject to provisions relating to stopping before entry and to restoration of any damage as may reasonably be prescribed by the state or local agency in control of safety of operation of the public highway involved.   History: (1)En. Sec. 22, Ch. 263, L. 1955; Sec. 32-2124, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4, Ch. 247, L. 1959; Sec. 32-2124.1, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2124(part), 32-2124.1; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 421, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 659, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 698, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 282, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 498, L. 2021.
MT Code § 61-8-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-103. Provisions uniform throughout state -- power of local authorities

  61-8-103. Provisions uniform throughout state -- power of local authorities. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule, or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this chapter unless expressly authorized herein. Local authorities may, however, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2130.
MT Code § 61-8-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-104. Required obedience to traffic laws

  61-8-104. Required obedience to traffic laws. It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor punishable as provided in 61-8-711 for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2125; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 40, L. 1991.
MT Code § 61-8-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-105. Obedience to peace officers, flag persons, crossing guards, and public safety workers

  61-8-105. Obedience to peace officers, flag persons, crossing guards, and public safety workers. A person may not willfully fail or refuse to comply with a lawful order or direction of a peace officer, flag person, crossing guard, or public safety worker pertaining to the use of the highways by traffic. For purposes of this section:   (1) "peace officer" has the meaning provided in 7-32-303; and   (2) "public safety worker" means a person who is authorized to provide assistance at the scene of an incident that requires traffic control and who is either a member of a paid or volunteer fire department, an emergency medical service provider, a member of a search and rescue team, or a civilian accident investigator appointed by a law enforcement agency.   History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2126; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 431, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 20, L. 2003.
MT Code § 61-8-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-106. Responsibility of public officers and employees

  61-8-106. Responsibility of public officers and employees. (1) The provisions of this chapter applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or any county, city, or town, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, except as provided in this section and subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this chapter with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.   (2) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except those contained in part 5 of chapter 8 shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2127.
MT Code § 61-8-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-107. Police vehicles and authorized emergency vehicles

  61-8-107. Police vehicles and authorized emergency vehicles. (1) The driver of a police vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions in this section.   (2) The driver of a police vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle may:   (a) park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this chapter;   (b) proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;   (c) exceed the speed limits as long as the driver does not endanger life or property;   (d) disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.   (3) The exemptions granted to a police vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle apply only when the vehicle is making use of an audible or visual signal, or both, meeting the requirements of 61-9-402.   (4) The provisions of this section do not relieve the driver of a police vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, and the provisions do not protect the driver from the consequences of the driver's reckless disregard for the safety of others.   History: En. Sec. 25.1, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 169, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 153, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2128; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1962, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 61-8-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-108. Traffic laws applicable to persons driving animal-drawn vehicles

  61-8-108. Traffic laws applicable to persons driving animal-drawn vehicles. Every person driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2129.
MT Code § 61-8-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-109. Rights of owners of real property not affected -- when

  61-8-109. Rights of owners of real property not affected -- when. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner from prohibiting such use or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.   History: En. Sec. 29, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2132.
MT Code § 61-8-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-110. Forest development road, special service road defined

  61-8-110. Forest development road, special service road defined. For the purpose of 61-8-111 and 61-8-112 a "forest development road" is defined as a road located on national forest lands or on a right-of-way acquired by the United States and used for the protection, administration, and utilization of the national forests and other lands administered by the United States forest service; and a "special service road" is defined as a forest development road or segment thereof, the right-of-way for which is controlled by the United States and which is not a part of the highway system of the state or of a county or other public road authority of this state, designated by the forest service, pursuant to the regulations of the secretary of the United States department of agriculture, as a special service road for the purpose of controlling and regulating its use to accomplish the purposes of the secretary of agriculture's regulations applicable to the administration of the forest development transport system.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2124.3.
MT Code § 61-8-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-111. State laws applicable on forest development roads -- enforcement

  61-8-111. State laws applicable on forest development roads -- enforcement. Forest development roads in the state, whether or not they meet the definition of a public highway by the laws of this state, are subject to the traffic laws of this state and the Montana highway patrol and county sheriffs of this state shall have jurisdiction thereon to investigate accidents and enforce the Montana traffic laws.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 139, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2124.4.
MT Code § 61-8-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 1. General Provisions|61-8-112. Special service roads not subject to state law enforcement -- when

  61-8-112. Special service roads not subject to state law enforcement -- when. When forest development roads, or segments thereof, are designated as special service roads by the United States forest service and by such designation are subjected to traffic rules in addition to or in conflict with the Montana traffic laws, neither the additional nor conflicting traffic rules so prescribed by the forest service nor the Montana traffic law with which they conflict shall be within the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers of this state as to such special service road.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 139, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2124.5.
MT Code § 61-8-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 2. Traffic Control Devices|61-8-201. Obedience to traffic control devices -- exception for certain vehicles and funeral processions

  61-8-201. Obedience to traffic control devices -- exception for certain vehicles and funeral processions. (1) Unless otherwise directed by a peace officer, flag person, crossing guard, or public safety worker, the driver of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of an official traffic control device applicable to the driver's vehicle and placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, a police vehicle, or a highway patrol vehicle and the driver of a motor vehicle in a funeral procession are exempt from obedience to official traffic control devices and flag persons as provided in this chapter.   (2) A provision of this chapter for which traffic control devices or flag persons are required may not be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official traffic control device or flag person is not in proper position and sufficiently legible or visible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section of this chapter does not state that official traffic control devices or flag persons are required, the section is effective even though traffic control devices are not erected or in place.   (3) Official traffic control devices or flag persons that are placed or held in position substantially conforming to the requirements of this chapter and the requirements of the uniform system adopted by the department of transportation pursuant to 61-8-202 are presumed to have been placed by an official act or at the discretion of a lawful authority.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 263, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2136; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 338, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 196, Ch. 542, L. 2005.
MT Code § 61-8-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 2. Traffic Control Devices|61-8-202. Department of transportation to adopt manual

  61-8-202. Department of transportation to adopt manual. The department of transportation shall adopt a manual for a uniform system of traffic control devices consistent with this chapter for use upon highways within the state. The manual adopted by the department of transportation must correlate with and so far as possible conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended, published by the United States federal highway administration.   History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2133; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 53, L. 2003.
MT Code § 61-8-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 61. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 8. Traffic Regulation|Part 2. Traffic Control Devices|61-8-203. Department of transportation to place traffic control devices on highways it maintains and approve traffic control devices on highways under its jurisdiction

  61-8-203. Department of transportation to place traffic control devices on highways it maintains and approve traffic control devices on highways under its jurisdiction. (1) The department of transportation shall place and maintain traffic control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all highways maintained by the department of transportation that the department considers necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 9 and this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.   (2) A local authority or other entity may not place or maintain a traffic control device upon a highway under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation except with the department's permission.   (3) The unauthorized erection of a sign, marker, emblem, or other traffic control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation by any other entity is a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in 61-8-712.   (4) The erection or maintenance of a sign, marker, emblem, or traffic control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation is subject to the rules and specifications that the department adopts and publishes in the interest of public safety and convenience.   (5) (a) An automated enforcement system designed to detect traffic violations that is attached to a traffic control device may not be used to enforce traffic laws.   (b) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to automated enforcement systems attached to traffic control devices at railroad grade crossings.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 224, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2134(a) thru (d); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 53, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 447, L. 2009.