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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

46-18-1103: Definitions.

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  1. TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 18. SENTENCE AND JUDGMENT
  3. Part 11. Expungement of Records

As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Expunge" or "expungement" means to permanently destroy, delete, or erase a record of an offense from the criminal history record information system maintained by the department of justice in a manner that is appropriate for the record's physical or electronic form.

(2) (a) "Record" means any:

(i) identifiable description, notation, or photograph of an arrest and detention;

(ii) complaint, indictment, or information or any disposition arising from a complaint, indictment, or information;

(iii) sentence;

(iv) correctional status;

(v) release; or

(vi) court document or filing.

(b) The term does not include a fingerprint record or data that may be maintained for investigative purposes.

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