Montana Statutes
§ 45-6-308 — Unauthorized Use Of Motor Vehicles
45-6-308 . Unauthorized use of motor vehicles.
(1)A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of motor vehicles if the person knowingly operates the automobile, airplane, motorcycle, quadricycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle of another without the other's consent.
(2)A person convicted of unauthorized use of motor vehicles shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both. It is an affirmative defense that the offender reasonably believed that the owner would have consented to the operation had the owner known of it.
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Legislative History
En. 94-6-305 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-6-305 ; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 516, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1669, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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