{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-8-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-8-102","heading":"Failure of disorderly persons to disperse.","body":"(1) Where one or more persons are engaged in disorderly conduct, a peace officer, judge, or mayor may order the participants to disperse. A person who purposely refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits the offense of failure to disperse.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of failure to disperse shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 day, or both.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER","Part 1. Conduct Disruptive of Public Order"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0080/part_0010/section_0020/0450-0080-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:33Z","sha256":"0993137c540347257cce831d404e7c6e5d6b65251f6c237bd8386029b7c693ff","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-8-101","next":"us-mt/45-8-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}