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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

45-7-304: Failure to aid peace officer.

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  1. TITLE 45. CRIMES
  2. CHAPTER 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
  3. Part 3. Obstructing Governmental Operations

(1) A peace officer may order a person to cooperate when it is reasonable for the peace officer to enlist the cooperation of that person in:

(a) effectuating or securing an arrest of another pursuant to 46-6-402; or

(b) preventing the commission by another of an offense.

(2) A person commits the offense of failure to aid a peace officer if the person knowingly refuses to obey an order described in subsection (1).

(3) A person convicted of the offense of failure to aid a peace officer shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both.

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