{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-24-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-24-101","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The legislature declares that the purposes of this chapter are to:\n(1) protect the role of crime victims and witnesses in the criminal justice process;\n(2) assure that victims and witnesses of crime receive fair and proper treatment from law enforcement agencies and prosecutors; and\n(3) provide a standard of conduct governing the treatment of victims and witnesses in criminal cases.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 24. TREATMENT OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0240/part_0010/section_0010/0460-0240-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:58Z","sha256":"836cb91d9e8e40839481830ab2872089de0c7cd78d82c4a13308a14326214ae0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-23-1115","next":"us-mt/46-24-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}