Montana § 45-5-611 Bigamy

Montana Statutes

§ 45-5-611 — Bigamy

Montana·Title 45 CRIMES·Ch. 5 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON·Part 6 Offenses Against the Family

45-5-611 . Bigamy.

(1)A person commits the offense of bigamy if, while married, the person knowingly contracts or purports to contract another marriage unless at the time of the subsequent marriage:

(a)the offender believes on reasonable grounds that the prior spouse is dead;

(b)the offender and the prior spouse have been living apart for 5 consecutive years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the offender to be alive;

(c)a court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior disqualifying marriage and the offender does not know that judgment to be invalid; or

(d)the offender reasonably believes that the offender is legally eligible to remarry.

(2)A person convicted of bigamy shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a

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45-5-611 . Bigamy. (1) A person commits the offense of bigamy if, while married, the person knowingly contracts or purports to contract another marriage unless at the time of the subsequent marriage:
(a) the offender believes on reasonable grounds that the prior spouse is dead;
(b) the offender and the prior spouse have been living apart for 5 consecutive years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the offender to be alive;
(c) a court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior disqualifying marriage and the offender does not know that judgment to be invalid; or
(d) the offender reasonably believes that the offender is legally eligible to remarry.
(2) A person convicted of bigamy shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both.

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