{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-3-110","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-3-110","heading":"No duty to summon help or flee.","body":"Except as provided in 45-3-105, a person who is lawfully in a place or location and who is threatened with bodily injury or loss of life has no duty to retreat from a threat or summon law enforcement assistance prior to using force. The provisions of this section apply to a person offering evidence of justifiable use of force under 45-3-102, 45-3-103, or 45-3-104.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 3. JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE","Part 1. When Force Justified"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0100/0450-0030-0010-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:29Z","sha256":"c06207e4f344975a901f3de400a0f2cdd1d4d5aa8f6a7079eaf1934f680b9154","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-3-109","next":"us-mt/45-3-111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}