{"data":{"id":"us-mt/44-5-311","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"44-5-311","heading":"Nondisclosure of information about victim.","body":"(1) If a victim of an offense requests confidentiality, a criminal justice agency may not disseminate, except to another criminal justice agency, the address, telephone number, or place of employment of the victim or a member of the victim's family unless disclosure is of the location of the crime scene, is required by law, is necessary for law enforcement purposes, or is authorized by a district court upon a showing of good cause.\n(2) The court may not compel a victim or a member of the victim's family who testifies in a criminal justice proceeding to disclose on the record in open court a residence address or place of employment unless the court determines that disclosure of the information is necessary.\n(3) A criminal justice agency may not disseminate to the public any information directly or indirectly identifying the victim of an offense committed under 45-5-502, 45-5-503, 45-5-504, 45-5-507, 45-5-702, 45-5-703, 45-5-705, 45-5-706, or 45-5-711 unless disclosure is of the location of the crime scene, is required by law, is necessary for law enforcement purposes, or is authorized by a district court upon a showing of good cause.","path":["TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 5. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION","Part 3. Dissemination"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0440/chapter_0050/part_0030/section_0110/0440-0050-0030-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:25Z","sha256":"2d28cdcfed89841841e267f94979c7d004f9a2f85b5437b6f23f5db1de667636","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/44-5-308","next":"us-mt/44-5-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}