{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-7-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-7-301","heading":"Resisting arrest.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if the person knowingly prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from effecting an arrest by:\n(a) using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the peace officer or another; or\n(b) using any other means that creates a risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another.\n(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the arrest was unlawful, if the peace officer was acting under color of the officer's official authority.\n(3) A person convicted of the offense of resisting arrest shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","Part 3. Obstructing Governmental Operations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0070/part_0030/section_0010/0450-0070-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:33Z","sha256":"0453ff09ce83197ec66aed2f6c5ef87f7a579bb312d09564fbee1b5e5cadfe8a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-7-210","next":"us-mt/45-7-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}