{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-7-118","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-7-118","heading":"Penalty for violation.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person violating any provision of 61-7-103, 61-7-105 through 61-7-110, or 61-7-112 through 61-7-114 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon a first conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 days. For a second conviction within 1 year of the first conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300 or more than $400, by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Upon a third or subsequent conviction within 1 year of the first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than $400 or more than $500, by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.\n(2) A driver failing to comply with any provisions of 61-7-103 or 61-7-105 in an accident resulting in injury to any person shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than 30 days or more than 1 year, by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.\n(3) A driver failing to comply with any provision of 61-7-103 or 61-7-105 in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury, as defined in 45-2-101, or death of any person or resulting in the driver striking the body of a deceased person shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 1 year or more than 10 years, by a fine in an amount not to exceed $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. Upon conviction, the department shall also revoke the driver's license, permit to drive, or any nonresident operating privilege for the period prescribed in 61-5-205.\n(4) Subject to the limitations of 46-18-231(3), an offender who fails to pay a fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail in the county in which the offense was committed, and the punishment must be commuted at the rate of 1 day's incarceration for each $75 of the fine.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 7. ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS","Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0070/part_0010/section_0180/0610-0070-0010-0180.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:52Z","sha256":"6055d634a9b9147f768e194d629c7300e160ede6493f4df0fa18fccbc24d681f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-7-117","next":"us-mt/61-8-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}