Montana § 82-1-603 Civil Penalties

Montana Statutes

§ 82-1-603 — Civil Penalties

Montana § 82-1-603

Title 82MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 6Critical Infrastructure Facility -- Trespass

This text of Montana § 82-1-603 (Civil Penalties) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 82-1-603 (2026).

Text

82-1-603 . Civil penalties.

(1)A person who trespasses in a critical infrastructure facility that is completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or that is clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted on the property that indicate that entry is forbidden without authorization, and enters with intent to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, tamper with equipment, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility may be held liable for damages to personal or real property while trespassing, including damages and expenses from network performance or outage issues proximately caused by the trespass.

(2)A person or entity that directs a person to trespass as described in subsection (1), compensates, provides considerat

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

82-1-603 . Civil penalties. (1) A person who trespasses in a critical infrastructure facility that is completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or that is clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted on the property that indicate that entry is forbidden without authorization, and enters with intent to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, tamper with equipment, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility may be held liable for damages to personal or real property while trespassing, including damages and expenses from network performance or outage issues proximately caused by the trespass.
(2) A person or entity that directs a person to trespass as described in subsection (1), compensates, provides consideration to, or remunerates a person for trespassing as described in subsection (1) may also be held vicariously liable for damages to personal or real property committed by the person compensated or remunerated for trespassing.