{"data":{"id":"us-mt/44-2-202","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"44-2-202","heading":"Assistance to and instruction of local officers.","body":"The department shall assist and, when practicable, instruct sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in establishing efficient local bureaus of identification in their districts and in making them proficient in procuring and maintaining fingerprint records.","path":["TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 2. INVESTIGATION, COMMUNICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION","Part 2. State System of Criminal Identification"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0440/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0020/0440-0020-0020-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:21Z","sha256":"11efe44e3b399dd0b59c5534267d8e2b5233ff6a7cd8c2b6630de22129ea6ad9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/44-2-201","next":"us-mt/44-2-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}