{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-35-206","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-35-206","heading":"Injury to election equipment, materials, and records.","body":"A person is guilty of criminal mischief or tampering with public records and information, as appropriate, and is punishable as provided in 45-6-101 or 45-7-208, as applicable, whenever the person:\n(1) prior to or on election day, knowingly defaces or destroys any list of candidates posted in accordance with the provisions of the law;\n(2) during an election:\n(a) removes or defaces instructions for the voters; or\n(b) removes or destroys any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the voting station for the purpose of enabling a voter to prepare the voter's ballot;\n(3) removes any ballots from the polling place before the closing of the polls with the purpose of changing the result of the election;\n(4) carries away or destroys any poll lists, checklists, ballots, ballot boxes, or other equipment for the purpose of disrupting or invalidating an election;\n(5) knowingly detains, mutilates, alters, or destroys any election returns;\n(6) mutilates, secretes, destroys, or alters election records, except as provided by law;\n(7) tampers with, disarranges, defaces, injures, or impairs a voting system with the intent to alter the outcome of an election;\n(8) mutilates, injures, or destroys a ballot or appliance used in connection with a voting system; or\n(9) fraudulently defaces or destroys a declaration or certificate of nomination.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 35. ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN PRACTICES AND CRIMINAL PROVISIONS","Part 2. Specific Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0350/part_0020/section_0060/0130-0350-0020-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:31Z","sha256":"ad97e03f6d23d39f4ece02560dc4168cd145ecbe2a9dc9c0b1fce48ecb1bb419","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-35-205","next":"us-mt/13-35-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}