{"data":{"id":"us-mt/41-5-321","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"41-5-321","heading":"Taking into custody.","body":"(1) A youth may be taken into custody under the following circumstances:\n(a) by a law enforcement officer pursuant to a lawful order or process of any court;\n(b) by a law enforcement officer pursuant to a lawful arrest for violation of the law;\n(c) by a juvenile home arrest officer or an officer listed in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) if a youth placed under a home arrest program has violated a condition of the placement and the home arrest officer or law enforcement officer has direct knowledge of the violation or a juvenile probation officer has provided the juvenile home arrest officer notice of a violation.\n(2) The taking of a youth into custody is not an arrest except for the purpose of determining the validity of the taking under the constitution of Montana or the United States.","path":["TITLE 41. MINORS","CHAPTER 5. YOUTH COURT ACT","Part 3. Custody and Detention"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0410/chapter_0050/part_0030/section_0210/0410-0050-0030-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:10Z","sha256":"7ab6cbffc9fcbd37fab8ca622c47bea1c57ca66df3869b575f7e93bbc404ad95","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/41-5-317","next":"us-mt/41-5-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}