{"data":{"id":"us-mt/53-30-326","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"53-30-326","heading":"Escape from custody.","body":"An offender is guilty of escape and shall be punished as provided in 45-7-306 if, without proper authorization, the offender:\n(1) fails to remain within the extended limits of the offender's confinement or fails to return within the time specified to a community corrections facility or program to which the offender has been assigned, sentenced, or transferred; or\n(2) leaves the offender's place of employment or neglects or fails to return to the community corrections facility or program after being specifically ordered to do so.","path":["TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 30. CORRECTIONS","Part 3. Community Corrections Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0530/chapter_0300/part_0030/section_0260/0530-0300-0030-0260.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:30Z","sha256":"24304cb1cd1b51c7a1595f5a85533d8cc23a881432e3903b1a4f2d0a90b8eaea","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/53-30-325","next":"us-mt/53-30-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}