{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-6-308","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-6-308","heading":"Unauthorized use of motor vehicles.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of motor vehicles if the person knowingly operates the automobile, airplane, motorcycle, quadricycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle of another without the other's consent.\n(2) A person convicted of unauthorized use of motor vehicles shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both. It is an affirmative defense that the offender reasonably believed that the owner would have consented to the operation had the owner known of it.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","Part 3. Theft and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0060/part_0030/section_0080/0450-0060-0030-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:32Z","sha256":"bf7d44f39c946c4d372627a83f921e40e999cd5a6984a8c7d2b2cf093452a2c1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-6-307","next":"us-mt/45-6-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}