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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

46-5-105: Reasonable suspicion required before strip search.

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  1. TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 5. SEARCH AND SEIZURE
  3. Part 1. Legality and Admissibility

A person arrested or detained for a traffic offense or an offense that is not a felony may not be subjected to a strip search or a body cavity search by a peace officer or law enforcement employee unless there is reasonable suspicion to believe the person is concealing a weapon, contraband, or evidence of the commission of a crime.

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