{"data":{"id":"us-mt/10-4-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"10-4-103","heading":"Emergency telephone system requirements.","body":"(1) Every local and tribal government in this state may establish or participate in a 9-1-1 system.\n(2) A 9-1-1 system must include:\n(a) a 24-hour communications facility automatically accessible anywhere in the public safety answering point's service area by dialing 9-1-1;\n(b) direct dispatch of public and private safety services in the public safety answering point's service area or relay or transfer of 9-1-1 communications to an appropriate public or private safety agency;\n(c) a 24-hour communications facility equipped with at least two trunk-hunting local access circuits provided by the local telephone company's central office;\n(d) automatic number identification that automatically identifies and displays the calling telephone number at the public safety answering point; and\n(e) automatic location identification that automatically identifies and displays the location of the calling telephone at the public safety answering point.\n(3) The primary emergency telephone number within the state is 9-1-1, but a public safety answering point shall maintain both a separate seven-digit secondary emergency number for use by the telephone company operator and a separate seven-digit nonemergency number.","path":["TITLE 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES","CHAPTER 4. STATE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM","Part 1. Emergency Telephone System Plans"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0100/chapter_0040/part_0010/section_0030/0100-0040-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:13Z","sha256":"366fa5eb00838b7ed6207f62d1a38ee40c5b21d48ae632dc229a74632d05b13f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/10-4-102","next":"us-mt/10-4-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}