Montana § 44-3-404 Criminal Penalty

Montana Statutes

§ 44-3-404 — Criminal Penalty

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44-3-404 . Criminal penalty. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both, if the person:

(1)purposely fails to report or conceals a death, including a fetal death;

(2)refuses to make available prior medical or other information in a death investigation;

(3)without an order from the coroner or state medical examiner, purposely touches, removes, or disturbs a corpse, its clothing, or anything near the corpse; or

(4)knowingly or purposely disobeys a cessation order of a coroner.

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44-3-404 . Criminal penalty. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both, if the person:
(1) purposely fails to report or conceals a death, including a fetal death;
(2) refuses to make available prior medical or other information in a death investigation;
(3) without an order from the coroner or state medical examiner, purposely touches, removes, or disturbs a corpse, its clothing, or anything near the corpse; or
(4) knowingly or purposely disobeys a cessation order of a coroner.

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Legislative History

En. 82-445 by Sec. 19, Ch. 530, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-445; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 7, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 660, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1622, Ch. 56, L. 2009.