{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-5-210","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-5-210","heading":"Assault on peace officer or judicial officer.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer if the person purposely or knowingly causes:\n(a) bodily injury to a peace officer or judicial officer;\n(b) reasonable apprehension of serious bodily injury in a peace officer or judicial officer by use of:\n(i) a weapon; or\n(ii) what reasonably appears to be a weapon;\n(c) bodily injury to a peace officer or judicial officer with a weapon; or\n(d) serious bodily injury to a peace officer or judicial officer.\n(2) (a) A person convicted of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer:\n(i) under subsection (1)(a), (1)(b)(i), or (1)(c) shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 10 years and may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000; or\n(ii) under subsection (1)(b)(ii) shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years and may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000.\n(b) Except as provided in 46-18-222, a person convicted of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer under subsection (1)(d) shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 20 years, or both.\n(3) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:\n(a) \"Judicial officer\" has the meaning provided in 1-1-202 and includes the workers' compensation judge, water court judges, and judges pro tempore.\n(b) \"Peace officer\" has the meaning provided in 45-2-101 and includes a person, sworn or unsworn, who is responsible for the care or custody of an adult or youth offender.\n(4) Criminal endangerment, negligent endangerment, and assault, as defined in 45-5-201, are not included as offenses of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","Part 2. Assault and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0100/0450-0050-0020-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:30Z","sha256":"50c21119794e49418fc9f7c9d9669c9ba3ee54194e7e5810c3139bbf97f47d4f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-5-209","next":"us-mt/45-5-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}