{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-8-113","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-8-113","heading":"Creating hazard.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of creating a hazard if the person knowingly:\n(a) discards in any place where it might attract children a container having a compartment of more than 1 1/2 cubic feet capacity and a door or lid that locks or fastens automatically when closed and cannot easily be opened from the inside and fails to remove the door, lid, or locking or fastening device;\n(b) being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, mine shaft, or other hole of a depth of 4 feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, fails to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction;\n(c) tampers with an aircraft without the consent of the owner;\n(d) being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a steam engine or steam boiler, continues to use a steam engine or steam boiler that is in an unsafe condition;\n(e) being a person in the act of game hunting, acts in a negligent manner or knowingly fails to give all reasonable assistance to any person whom the person has injured; or\n(f) deposits any hard substance upon or between any railroad tracks that will tend to derail railroad cars or other vehicles.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of creating a hazard 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 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_0130/0450-0080-0010-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:34Z","sha256":"b225f4fbedceff3a9e0542e67ae704bb50bfdb19b5569fc81e08ecfd1f29167f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-8-112","next":"us-mt/45-8-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}