{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-2-401","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-2-401","heading":"Right of witness to protection from harassment.","body":"It is the right of a witness to be protected from irrelevant, improper, or insulting questions and from harsh or insulting demeanor; to be detained only so long as the interests of justice require it; to be examined only as to matters legal and pertinent to the issue.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES","Part 4. Protection of Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0020/part_0040/section_0010/0260-0020-0040-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:21Z","sha256":"292ad3f2ae275fce743ea59a9753882b40f9a961a1cfe21bc461f0e2b6efe3ca","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-2-303","next":"us-mt/26-2-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}