Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 20 - CORRECTIONS › Chapter 20.25 - BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE › Subchapter 20.25.7 - Release on Supervision › Rule 20.25.702 - CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) When a hearing
				panel orders an offender paroled, the offender is subject to the following
				standard rules unless otherwise ordered by the panel:
(a) The offender must obtain prior approval
				from his/her supervising officer before taking up residence in any location.
				The offender shall not change his/her place of residence without first
				obtaining written permission from his/her supervising officer or the officer's
				designee. The offender must make the residence open and available to an officer
				for a home visit or for a search upon reasonable suspicion. The offender will
				not own dangerous or vicious animals and will not use any device that would
				hinder an officer from visiting or searching the residence.
(b) The offender must obtain permission from
				his/her supervising officer or the officer's designee before leaving his/her
				assigned district.
(c) The offender
				must seek and maintain employment or maintain a program approved by the Board
				of Pardons and Parole or the supervising officer. Unless otherwise directed by
				his/her supervising officer, the offender must inform his/her employer and any
				other person or entity, as determined by the supervising officer, of his/her
				status on probation, parole, or other community supervision.
(d) Unless otherwise directed, the offender
				must submit written monthly reports to his/her supervising officer on forms
				provided by the probation and parole bureau. The offender must personally
				contact his/her supervising officer or designee when directed by the
				officer.
(e) The offender is
				prohibited from using, owning, possessing, transferring, or controlling any
				firearm, ammunition (including black powder), weapon, or chemical agent such as
				oleoresin capsicum or pepper spray.
(f) The offender must obtain permission from
				his/her supervising officer before engaging in a business, purchasing real or
				personal property, or purchasing an automobile, or incurring a debt.
(g) Upon reasonable suspicion that the
				offender has violated the conditions of supervision, a probation and parole
				officer may search the person, vehicle, and residence of the offender, and the
				offender must submit to such search. A probation and parole officer may
				authorize a law enforcement agency to conduct a search, provided the probation
				and parole officer determines reasonable suspicion exists that the offender has
				violated the conditions of supervision.
(h) The offender must comply with all
				municipal, county, state, and federal laws and ordinances and shall conduct
				himself/herself as a good citizen. The offender is required, within 72 hours,
				to report any arrest or contact with law enforcement to his/her supervising
				officer or designee. The offender must be cooperative and truthful in all
				communications and dealings with any probation and parole officer and with any
				law enforcement agency.
(i) The
				offender is prohibited from using or possessing alcoholic beverages and all
				intoxicants or mind altering chemicals. The offender is required to submit to
				bodily fluid testing for intoxicants or mind altering chemicals on a random or
				routine basis and without reasonable suspicion.
(j) The offender is prohibited from
				gambling.
(k) The offender must pay
				all fines, fees, and restitution ordered by the sentencing
				court.