Montana § 45-6-308 Unauthorized Use Of Motor Vehicles

Montana Statutes

§ 45-6-308 — Unauthorized Use Of Motor Vehicles

Montana § 45-6-308

Title 45CRIMES

Ch. 6OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

Part 3Theft and Related Offenses

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Mont. Code Ann. § 45-6-308 (2026).

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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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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.