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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

44-3-404: Criminal penalty.

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  1. TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT
  2. CHAPTER 3. MONTANA FORENSIC SCIENCE SYSTEM ACT
  3. Part 4. Provisions Relating to Corpses

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both, if the person:

(1) purposely fails to report or conceals a death, including a fetal death;

(2) refuses to make available prior medical or other information in a death investigation;

(3) without an order from the coroner or state medical examiner, purposely touches, removes, or disturbs a corpse, its clothing, or anything near the corpse; or

(4) knowingly or purposely disobeys a cessation order of a coroner.

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