Montana Code 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:
Terms Used In Montana Code 44-3-404
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(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.