{"data":{"id":"us-mt/33-1-1504","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"33-1-1504","heading":"Criminal insurance fraud.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of insurance fraud when the person purposely or knowingly:\n(a) for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit, presents or causes to be presented to any person any written or oral statement, including computer-generated documents, containing false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to, as part of, or in support of a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy;\n(b) presents or causes to be presented to or by an insurer, as defined in 33-1-201, or to an insurance producer or administrator, as defined in 33-17-102, a materially false or altered application of insurance;\n(c) as a health care provider as defined in 33-38-102, submits a false or altered bill or report of physical condition to an insurer; or\n(d) presents or causes to be presented false, incomplete, or misleading insurance documents to any person.\n(2) (a) A person convicted of criminal insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value not exceeding $1,500 shall be fined not more than $1,500 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both.\n(b) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value exceeding $1,500 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.\n(c) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a common scheme as defined in 45-2-101 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.","path":["TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 15. Insurance Fraud Penalties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0330/chapter_0010/part_0150/section_0040/0330-0010-0150-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:10Z","sha256":"213e5ae36d4fdbbd923d5640f011b43fec54828bef4939347110f3ea69163f04","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/33-1-1503","next":"us-mt/33-1-1505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}