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2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-302. Unlawful use of license or identification card

61-5-302. Unlawful use of license or identification card.
It is a misdemeanor for a person to:
(1) display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person's possession a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or altered driver's license, identification card, or tribal identification card;
(2) lend the person's driver's license, identification card, or tribal identification card to any other person or knowingly permit its use by another;
(3) display or represent as one's own any driver's license, identification card, or tribal identification card not issued to the person;
(4) fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand a driver's license or identification card that has been suspended, revoked, or canceled;
(5) use a false or fictitious name in an application for a driver's license or identification card or knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in an application; or
(6) permit any unlawful use of a driver's license, identification card, or tribal identification card issued to the person.
History: En. Sec. 37, Ch. 267, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 70, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 31-153; amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 421, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 443, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 471, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 195, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 180, L. 2007.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-303. Making false affidavit -- penalty

61-5-303. Making false affidavit -- penalty.
Any person who makes any false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter to be sworn to or affirmed is guilty of false swearing and upon conviction shall be punishable as provided by 45-7-202.
History: En. Sec. 38, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-154; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 421, L. 1979.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-304. Permitting unauthorized minor to drive

61-5-304. Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
A person may not cause or knowingly permit the person's child or ward under 18 years of age to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when the minor is not authorized to drive or in violation of any of the provisions of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 40, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-156; amd. Sec. 1945, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-305. Employing driver without license

61-5-305. Employing driver without license.
No person shall employ as a commercial vehicle operator any person not then licensed as provided by this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 41, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-157; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 443, L. 1987.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-306. Renting motor vehicle to another

61-5-306. Renting motor vehicle to another.
(1) A person may not rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is licensed under this chapter or, in the case of a nonresident, licensed under the laws of the state or country of the person's residence except a nonresident whose home state or country does not require that an operator be licensed.
(2) A person may not rent a motor vehicle to another until the person has inspected the driver's license of the proposed renter and compared and verified the signature on the license with the signature of the proposed renter written in the person's presence.
(3) A person may not rent a commercial motor vehicle to another until the person has inspected the driver's license of the proposed renter and determined that the proposed renter has a commercial driver's license.
(4) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, and the number and expiration date of the license of the renter. The record is open to inspection by any police officer or officer or employee of the department.
History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-158; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 443, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 195, L. 1993.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-307. Penalty for misdemeanor

61-5-307. Penalty for misdemeanor.
(1) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter and 61-11-101 unless such violation is by this chapter or other law of this state declared to be a felony.
(2) Unless another penalty is in this chapter or by the laws of this state provided, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter and 61-11-101 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: En. Sec. 43, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-159.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-308. Uniformity of interpretation

61-5-308. Uniformity of interpretation.
Parts 1 through 3 of this chapter and 61-11-101 and 61-11-102 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.
History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 267, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 31-160.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-309. Unlawful issuance of license or identification card

61-5-309. Unlawful issuance of license or identification card.
No person may create, publish, or otherwise manufacture a Montana driver's license or a Montana identification card authorized by 61-12-501 or color facsimile thereof or create, manufacture, or possess an engraved plate or other such device for the printing of a Montana driver's license or Montana identification card authorized by 61-12-501 or color facsimile thereof, except as authorized by the department.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 248, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 3. Miscellaneous Provisions › 61-5-310. Displaying electronic driver's license

61-5-310. Displaying electronic driver's license.
Displaying an electronic driver's license on an electronic device or handing an electronic device displaying an electronic driver's license to a peace officer does not constitute consent to a search or seizure of the electronic device.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 335, L. 2023.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 4. Driver License Compact › 61-5-402. Department as licensing authority -- information and documents to be furnished

61-5-402. Department as licensing authority -- information and documents to be furnished.
As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority" with reference to this state shall mean the department of justice. The department shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of Articles III, IV, and V of the compact.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 154, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 31-164; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 4. Driver License Compact › 61-5-403. Reimbursement of compact administrator

61-5-403. Reimbursement of compact administrator.
The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the compact is not entitled to any additional compensation on account of the service as administrator but is entitled to expenses incurred in connection with duties and responsibilities as administrator in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with any other duties or responsibilities of the administrator's office or employment.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 154, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 31-165; amd. Sec. 1947, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 4. Driver License Compact › 61-5-404. Governor as executive head

61-5-404. Governor as executive head.
As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term "executive head" shall mean the governor.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 154, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 31-166.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 4. Driver License Compact › 61-5-405. Offenses furnishing ground for suspension or revocation of license -- return to licensing jurisdiction of abstracts of court records and reports of conviction

61-5-405. Offenses furnishing ground for suspension or revocation of license -- return to licensing jurisdiction of abstracts of court records and reports of conviction.
(1) Items enumerated in Article IV(1), subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), of 61-5-401 refer specifically to 45-5-103, 45-5-104, 61-8-1002, the definition of felony as provided in 45-2-101, and 61-7-105, respectively.
(2) In addition to convictions mentioned in subsection (1), the department, for the purpose of suspension, revocation, or limitation of the license to operate a motor vehicle, shall give the same effect to the conduct reported as it would if the conduct had occurred in this state for:
(a) convictions of perjury or the making of a false affidavit relating to the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle (61-5-303);
(b) three convictions of reckless driving committed within a period of 12 months (61-8-301); or
(c) convictions of careless driving resulting in death or reckless driving resulting in death.
(3) Court abstracts or reports of conviction received by the department that name an individual licensed in another jurisdiction must be forwarded to the jurisdiction of licensure. The department may not take action against the driver's license or driving privilege of the individual as may be required elsewhere in this title.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 154, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 31-168; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 421, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 485, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 419, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 354, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 348, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 235, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 498, L. 2021.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 5. Driver's Licenses › Part 4. Driver License Compact › 61-5-406. Review of administrative actions

61-5-406. Review of administrative actions.
Any act or omission of any official or employee of this state done or omitted pursuant to, or in enforcing, the provisions of the Driver License Compact shall be subject to review pursuant to the provisions of 61-5-211, but any review of the validity of any conviction reported pursuant to the compact shall be limited to establishing the identity of the person so convicted.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 154, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 31-169.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-101. Short title

61-6-101. Short title.
This part may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification Act".
History: En. Sec. 41, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-457; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 413, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-104. Uniformity of interpretation

61-6-104. Uniformity of interpretation.
This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
History: En. Sec. 39, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-456.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-106. Repealed

61-6-106. Repealed.
Sec. 26, Ch. 413, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 53-419(c); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-107. Repealed

61-6-107. Repealed.
Sec. 2, Ch. 467, L. 1989.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 121, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 381, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 53-420; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-108. Matters not to be evidence in civil suits

61-6-108. Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.
Neither the action taken by the department pursuant to this part nor the findings, if any, of the department upon which such action is based shall be referred to in any way or be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party at the trial of any action at law to recover damages.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 184, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 53-428; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-109. Exceptions

61-6-109. Exceptions.
This part shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality therein; or, except for 61-6-139, with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of 69-12-402, requiring insurance or other security.
History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 184, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 53-450.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-110. Other relief not precluded

61-6-110. Other relief not precluded.
Nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law.
History: En. Sec. 38, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-455.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-111. Repealed

61-6-111. Repealed.
Sec. 9, Ch. 218, L. 1985.
History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-447.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-112. Surrender of license

61-6-112. Surrender of license.
A person whose license has been suspended, whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this part, has been canceled or terminated, or who neglects to furnish other proof upon request of the department shall immediately return the person's license to the department. If a licensee fails to return to the department the license as required by this section, then a peace officer may seize the license during an investigative stop or arrest and return the license to the department.
History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 53-448; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 309, L. 1999.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-121. Courts to report nonpayment of judgments

61-6-121. Courts to report nonpayment of judgments.
(1) Whenever a person fails within 60 days to satisfy a judgment, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or the creditor's attorney, the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court that does not have a clerk, in which any judgment is rendered within this state shall forward to the department immediately after the expiration of the 60 days a certified copy of the judgment.
(2) If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-429; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1949, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-122. Suspension for nonpayment of judgments -- exceptions

61-6-122. Suspension for nonpayment of judgments -- exceptions.
(1) The department, upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall suspend the license and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom a judgment was rendered, except as provided in this section and in 61-6-125.
(2) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in a form that the department prescribes, that the judgment debtor be allowed a license or a nonresident's operating privilege, the department may, in its discretion, allow the debtor a license or nonresident's operating privilege from the date of consent. The debtor's license or nonresident's operating privilege continues until the judgment creditor's consent is revoked in writing notwithstanding default in the payment of the judgment, or of any installments prescribed in 61-6-125, provided the judgment debtor furnishes proof of compliance with 61-6-301.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-430; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 309, L. 1999.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-123. Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given -- maximum period of suspension

61-6-123. Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given -- maximum period of suspension.
A license or nonresident's operating privilege remains suspended and may not be renewed, nor may a license be issued in the name of a judgment debtor, including a judgment debtor not previously licensed, until each judgment is stayed, satisfied in full, or satisfied to the extent provided in this part and until the person gives proof of compliance with 61-6-301 subject to the exemptions provided in 61-6-122 and 61-6-125 or 6 years have passed from date judgment was first entered and the person has complied with 61-6-301 and 61-6-302.
History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 53-431; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 592, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 309, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 515, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-124. Satisfaction of judgments

61-6-124. Satisfaction of judgments.
(1) Judgments herein referred to shall, for the purposes of this part only, be considered satisfied:
(a) when $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident;
(b) when, subject to the limit of $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of $50,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one accident; or
(c) when $5,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident.
(2) Payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death, or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.
History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 30, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 53-432; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 421, L. 1979.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-125. Installment payment of judgments -- default

61-6-125. Installment payment of judgments -- default.
(1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments. The court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies that the judgment creditor may have, may order payment in installments and fix the amounts and times of the payments.
(2) The department may not suspend a license or a nonresident's operating privilege and shall restore any license or nonresident's operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor gives proof of compliance with 61-6-301 and obtains an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while the payment of any installment is not in default.
(3) If the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by a court order, then the department shall, upon notice of the default, suspend the license or nonresident's operating privilege of the judgment debtor until the judgment is satisfied, as provided in this part.
History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-433; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 309, L. 1999.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-131. When proof of financial responsibility required

61-6-131. When proof of financial responsibility required.
(1) Whenever the department under any of the laws of this state revokes the license or privilege to drive of any person, the license must remain revoked and may not be restored until the person is otherwise eligible and files a certificate of insurance as provided in 61-6-133 or 61-6-134.
(2) The department may not issue a probationary license to a person whose driver's license or privilege to drive is revoked unless the department receives proof of financial responsibility by a certificate of insurance as provided in 61-6-133 or 61-6-134 and the person is otherwise eligible for a probationary license.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 236, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 53-434; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1950, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 445, L. 2019.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-132. Alternate methods of giving proof

61-6-132. Alternate methods of giving proof.
(1) Proof of financial responsibility when required under this part with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:
(a) a certificate of insurance as provided in 61-6-133 or 61-6-134;
(b) a bond as provided in 61-6-137;
(c) a certificate or deposit of money or securities as provided in 61-6-138; or
(d) a certificate of self-insurance, as provided in 61-6-143, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, the self-insurer will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued a policy to the self-insurer.
(2) A motor vehicle may not be or continue to be registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless the proof is furnished for the motor vehicle.
History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-435; amd. Sec. 1951, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-133. Certificate of insurance as proof

61-6-133. Certificate of insurance as proof.
Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. Such certificate shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle.
History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-436; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-134. Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof

61-6-134. Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.
(1) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the department a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicles described in such certificate is registered, or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state in which the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwise conforms to the provisions of this part, and the department shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies so certified:
(a) Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the department to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this state.
(b) Said insurance carrier shall agree in writing that such policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this state relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.
(2) If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any said undertaking or agreements, the department shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of said carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.
History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-437; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-135. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy

61-6-135. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy.
When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under 61-6-133 or a policy under 61-6-134, the insurance so certified shall not be canceled or terminated until at least 10 days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified shall be filed in the office of the department, except that such a policy subsequently procured and certified shall on the effective date of its certification terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in both certificates.
History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-439; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-136. Other policies not affected

61-6-136. Other policies not affected.
(1) This part does not apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability that are required by any other law of this state, and those policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this part, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this part.
(2) This part does not apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on the insured's behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.
History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-440; amd. Sec. 1952, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-137. Bond as proof of responsibility

61-6-137. Bond as proof of responsibility.
(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the department the bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in the state or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within this state and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of the bond. The real estate must be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record. The bond must be conditioned for payments in amounts and under the same circumstances that would be required in a motor vehicle liability policy and may not be cancelable except after 10 days' written notice to the department. Upon the filing of notice to this effect by the department in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the real estate is located, the bond constitutes a lien in favor of the state upon the scheduled real estate of any surety. The lien exists in favor of any holder of a judgment against the person who has filed the bond.
(2) The person in whose favor the lien exists may, for the person's own use and benefit and at the person's sole expense, bring an action or actions in the name of the state against the company or persons executing the bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of any person who has executed the bond. The provisions of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure, except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this part, are applicable to and constitute the rules of practice in the foreclosure actions or proceedings. The provisions of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure relative to new trials and appeals, except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this part, apply to the actions or proceedings.
History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-441; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 421, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1953, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-138. Money or securities as proof of responsibility

61-6-138. Money or securities as proof of responsibility.
(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the state treasurer that the person named in the certificate has deposited with the treasurer $55,000 in cash, or securities that may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of $55,000. The state treasurer may not accept any deposit and issue a certificate and the department may not accept the certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.
(2) The deposit must be held by the state treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this part, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the deposit for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of property, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after the deposit was made. Money or securities deposited may not be subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution arises out of a suit for damages as described in this subsection.
History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-442; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1954, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-139. Owner permitted to give proof for others

61-6-139. Owner permitted to give proof for others.
Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility hereunder is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the department shall accept proof given by such owner in lieu of proof by such other person to permit such other person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided. The department shall designate the restrictions imposed by this section on the face of such person's license.
History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-443; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-140. Substitution of proof of responsibility

61-6-140. Substitution of proof of responsibility.
The department shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the department shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this part.
History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-444; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-141. Repealed

61-6-141. Repealed.
Sec. 22, Ch. 309, L. 1999.
History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-445; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-142. Duration of proof -- when money or securities may be canceled or returned

61-6-142. Duration of proof -- when money or securities may be canceled or returned.
(1) The department shall direct and the state treasurer shall return to the person entitled any money or securities deposited pursuant to this part as proof of financial responsibility, or the department shall waive the requirement of filing proof under this part, in any of the following events:
(a) at any time after 3 years from the date the proof was required when during the 3-year period preceding the request the department has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail that would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom the proof was furnished;
(b) in the event of the death of the person on whose behalf the proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or
(c) in the event the person who has given proof surrenders the person's license to the department.
(2) However, the department may not consent to the return of any money or securities if any action for damages upon a liability covered by the proof is then pending or any judgment upon any liability is then unsatisfied or if the person who has deposited the money or securities has, within 1 year immediately preceding the request, been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of the facts or that the applicant has been released from all liability or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable for the injury or damage is sufficient evidence in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the department.
(3) Whenever any person whose proof has been canceled or returned under subsection (1)(c) applies for a license within a period of 3 years from the date proof was originally required, the application must be refused unless the applicant complies with the insurance or bond requirements under 61-6-301 and 61-6-302.
History: En. Sec. 29, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-446; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 592, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 218, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1955, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-143. Self-insurers

61-6-143. Self-insurers.
(1) Any person in whose name more than 25 motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The department may, in its discretion, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments obtained against such person.
(3) Upon not less than 5 days' notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within 30 days after such judgment shall have become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance.
History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-451; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-144. Assigned risk plans

61-6-144. Assigned risk plans.
After consultation with insurance companies authorized to issue automobile liability policies in this state, the commissioner of insurance shall approve a reasonable plan or plans for the equitable apportionment among such companies of applicants for such policies and for motor vehicle liability policies who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to procure such policies through ordinary methods. When any such plan has been approved, all such insurance companies shall subscribe thereto and participate therein. Any applicant for any such policy, any person insured under any such plan, and any insurance company affected, may appeal to the commissioner of insurance from any ruling or decision of the manager or committee designated to operate such plan. Any person aggrieved hereunder by any order or act of the commissioner of insurance may, within 10 days after notice thereof, file a petition in the district court of Lewis and Clark County for a review thereof. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree.
History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 204, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 53-452.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-151. Violations -- penalties

61-6-151. Violations -- penalties.
(1) Any person who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year or both.
(2) Any person whose license or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under this part and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under this part, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not exceeding 6 months or both.
(3) Any person willfully failing to return a license as required in 61-6-112 shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not to exceed 30 days or both.
(4) Any person who shall violate any provision of this part for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.
History: (1) thru (3)En. Sec. 32, Ch. 204, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 184, L. 1974; Sec. 53-449, R.C.M. 1947; (4)En. Sec. 43, Ch. 204, L. 1951; Sec. 53-458, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 53-449, 53-458; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 218, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 1. Motor Vehicle Insurance Responsibility and Verification › 61-6-158. Vehicle insurance verification and license plate operating account

61-6-158. Vehicle insurance verification and license plate operating account.
(1) There is a vehicle insurance verification and license plate operating account in the state special revenue fund type as provided in 17-2-102.
(2) Fees imposed under 61-3-321(7)(b)(ii) and (13), 61-3-333, 61-3-465(1)(b)(i), 61-3-480(2)(c)(i), 61-3-562(1)(a)(ii), or 61-3-701(5) or established and collected under 61-6-105 must be deposited in the account.
(3) The money in the vehicle insurance verification and license plate operating account must be used by the department to pay costs incurred in or associated with the operation, maintenance, and enhancement of the system established under 61-6-157 and the contract required in 61-3-338 for the manufacture and distribution of license plates by Montana correctional enterprises or other costs incurred by the department or as otherwise appropriated by the legislature to the department.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 413, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 209, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 247, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 323, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 384, L. 2017.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 2. Liability of Vehicle Owner -- Contract Indemnification Limitations › 61-6-201. Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver

61-6-201. Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver.
The owner of a vehicle running or traveling upon any highway or road for the conveyance of passengers is liable for all damage to person or property done by any person in the owner's employment as a driver while driving the vehicle, whether done willfully or negligently or otherwise, in the same manner that driver would be liable.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 141, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 2936; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1112; amd. Sec. 1956, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 2. Liability of Vehicle Owner -- Contract Indemnification Limitations › 61-6-202. Motor carrier transportation contract indemnification -- limitation

61-6-202. Motor carrier transportation contract indemnification -- limitation.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a motor carrier transportation contract provision that requires one party to the contract to indemnify, hold harmless, insure, or defend the other party to the contract or the other party's officers, employees, or agents for liability, damages, losses, or costs that are caused by the negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct of the other party or the other party's officers, employees, or agents is void as against the public policy of this state.
(2) A motor carrier transportation contract may contain a provision requiring one party to the contract to indemnify, hold harmless, or insure the other party to the contract or the other party's officers, employees, or agents for liability, damages, losses, or costs, including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees, only to the extent that the liability, damages, losses, or costs are caused by the negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct of a third party or of the indemnifying party or the indemnifying party's officers, employees, or agents.
(3) This section does not apply to the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the intermodal association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis or containers or other intermodal equipment.
(4) As used in this section, "motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement, or understanding covering:
(a) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier;
(b) entrance onto a property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire; or
(c) a service incidental to an activity described in subsection (4)(a) or (4)(b), including but not limited to storage of property.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 108, L. 2013.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 61. Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6. Responsibility of Vehicle Users and Owners › Part 3. Mandatory Liability Protection › 61-6-301. Required motor vehicle insurance -- family member exclusion

61-6-301. Required motor vehicle insurance -- family member exclusion.
(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), an owner of a motor vehicle that is registered and operated in Montana by the owner or with the owner's permission shall continuously provide insurance against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death or damage to property suffered by any person caused by maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in an amount not less than that required by 61-6-103, or a certificate of self-insurance issued in accordance with 61-6-143.
(b) Notwithstanding the mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance protection provided for in subsection (1)(a), nothing in this part may be construed to prohibit the exclusion from insurance coverage of a named family member in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle upon ways of this state open to the public as defined in 61-8-101 without a valid policy of liability insurance in effect in an amount not less than that required by 61-6-103 unless the person has been issued a certificate of self-insurance under 61-6-143 or is operating a vehicle exempt under 61-6-303.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 592, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 425, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 393, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 194, Ch. 542, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 445, L. 2019.