{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-6-106","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-6-106","heading":"Criminal mischief damage to rental property.","body":"(1) A tenant commits the offense of criminal mischief damage to rental property if the tenant purposely or knowingly destroys, defaces, damages, impairs, or removes any part of the premises with a value of at least $1,000 or permits any person to do so in violation of 70-24-321(2) or 70-33-321(3).\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of criminal mischief damage to rental property shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both.\n(3) A person convicted of criminal mischief damage to rental property must be ordered to make restitution in an amount and manner to be set by the court pursuant to 46-18-201(5) and 46-18-241 through 46-18-249.\n(4) A prosecution under this section is independent of and does not constitute a waiver of any of the rights, duties, obligations, and remedies otherwise provided for under Title 70, chapter 24 or 33.\n(5) A person convicted of criminal mischief damage to rental property under this section is not subject to the provisions of 45-6-101.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","Part 1. Criminal Mischief and Arson"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0060/part_0010/section_0060/0450-0060-0010-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:32Z","sha256":"2ec4b1493469c797a0ad53495857c9862d24e1a82a0cc2da0ab0025441991647","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-6-105","next":"us-mt/45-6-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}