{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-32-216","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-32-216","heading":"Limitations on activities of reserve officers.","body":"(1) A reserve officer may serve as a peace officer only on the orders and at the direction of the chief law enforcement administrator of the local government.\n(2) Except for a reserve officer serving as a court officer as provided in 3-6-303, a reserve officer may act only in a supplementary capacity to the law enforcement agency.\n(3) Reserve officers:\n(a) are subordinate to full-time law enforcement officers; and\n(b) may not serve unless supervised by a full-time law enforcement officer whose span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 32. LAW ENFORCEMENT","Part 2. Reserve and Auxiliary Officers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0320/part_0020/section_0160/0070-0320-0020-0160.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:46Z","sha256":"c09624c34a44c83d8b090dd6c06a648af4f21382153abfb68ddbea8cfa95ed7d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-32-215","next":"us-mt/7-32-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}