{"data":{"id":"us-mt/44-1-1101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"44-1-1101","heading":"Duty of patrol officer upon making arrest.","body":"Upon making an arrest, a patrol officer shall:\n(1) deliver the offender to the nearest justice of the peace during office hours or to the county jail;\n(2) give the offender a summons describing the nature of the offense with instructions for the offender to report to the nearest justice of the peace; or\n(3) (a) accept bail determined pursuant to Title 46, chapter 9, part 3; or\n(b) with the offender's permission, accept the offender's driver's license in lieu of bail if the summons describes a violation of any offense in Title 61, chapters 3 through 10, except chapter 8, part 4, and if the offender is the holder of an unexpired driver's license.","path":["TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 1. HIGHWAY PATROL","Part 11. Procedure for Arrests"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0440/chapter_0010/part_0110/section_0010/0440-0010-0110-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:21Z","sha256":"63da9d80a1e22b23a069cb01655d13129421ecb9d584e0df09d6b8c2306f46f9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/44-1-1005","next":"us-mt/44-1-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}