{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-7-309","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-7-309","heading":"Criminal contempt.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of criminal contempt when the person knowingly engages in any of the following conduct:\n(a) disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior committed during the sitting of a court in its immediate view and presence and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority;\n(b) breach of the peace, noise, or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt a court's proceeding;\n(c) purposely disobeying or refusing any lawful process or other mandate of a court;\n(d) unlawfully refusing to be sworn as a witness in any court proceeding or, after being sworn, refusing to answer any legal and proper interrogatory;\n(e) purposely publishing a false or grossly inaccurate report of a court's proceeding;\n(f) purposely failing to obey any mandate, process, or notice relative to juries issued pursuant to Title 3, chapter 15; or\n(g) purposely failing to comply with the requirements of the 24/7 sobriety and drug monitoring program provided for in Title 44, chapter 4, part 12, if ordered by a court to participate in the program.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of criminal contempt shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a 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_0090/0450-0070-0030-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:33Z","sha256":"527b065a6ec34c7f7436d9e9af0210e24b59e2002d38988a196018edb45facbe","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-7-308","next":"us-mt/45-7-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}