Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 23 - JUSTICE › Chapter 23.12 - DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION › Subchapter 23.12.1 - Criminal History Records Program › Rule 23.12.102 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
				  definitions apply to ARM
				  23.12.102 through
				  23.12.106:
(1) "Arresting agency" means the law
				enforcement entity that initiates the restraint of or notification to an
				individual charged with a criminal offense.
(2) "Care" means the provision of care,
				treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to
				children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
(3) "Criminal case history and final
				disposition report" means a form used by arresting and judicial agencies and
				the department which contains necessary information to record the criminal
				proceedings and disposition subsequent to an arrest.
(4) "Criminal justice information network
				(CJIN)" means a telecommunications network used exclusively for the purpose of
				information exchange among the state's law enforcement agencies.
(5) "Custodial agency" means the law
				enforcement entity that maintains physical custody of an individual charged
				with a criminal offense.
(6)
				"Custodial arrest" means physical detention or confinement for a criminal
				offense in a jail or holding facility for a criminal offense.
(7) "Department" means the Department of
				Justice.
(8) "FBI fingerprint card"
				means the card provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for recording of
				criminal justice fingerprints, identified as federal form number
				FD-249.
(9) "Inmate status" means
				when an individual sentenced to the Department of Corrections is on parole,
				work release, completes a sentence, is transferred to a half-way house, is on
				furlough, is transferred to another facility, is deceased, is issued a travel
				permit, or is discharged.
(10)
				"Montana arrest numbering system (MANS) number" means a computer generated
				number obtained through the criminal justice information network (CJIN). The
				arrest number provides a means to track each custodial or felony arrest and tie
				the arrest to an individual as the case is processed through the criminal
				justice system. This number is a permanent identifier of the arrest and has no
				relationship to the number of charges.
(11) "Originating case agency (OCA) number"
				means a number not exceeding 12 characters that the arresting agency assigns to
				an individual following the individual's custodial or felony arrest.
(12) "Originating identifier (ORI) number"
				means a nine character identification number assigned by the Federal Bureau of
				Investigation to a criminal justice agency. This number is uniquely assigned to
				the agency and is used as an identifier when transferring or receiving messages
				through the CJIN network.
(13)
				"Qualified entity" means a business or organization, whether public, private,
				operated for profit, operated not for profit, or voluntary, which provides care
				or care placement services, including a business or organization that licenses
				or certifies others to provide care or care placement services.
(14) "Statute code charge" means the offense
				or offenses the individual has been charged with, whether a felony or
				misdemeanor, followed by a brief description of the crime.
(15) "State identification (SID) number"
				means a number assigned by the department to an individual following the
				individual's first custodial or felony arrest. The number remains uniquely
				assigned to an individual regardless of subsequent arrests.
AUTH:
					 44-5-105, MCA; IMP:
					 44-5-213,
					 MCA