Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 5. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION

Part 3. Dissemination

Dissemination Of Public Criminal Justice Information

44-5-301. Dissemination of public criminal justice information. (1) There are no restrictions on the dissemination of public criminal justice information.

(2) All public criminal justice information is available from the department or the agency that is the source of the original documents and that is authorized to maintain the documents according to applicable law. These documents must be open, subject to the restrictions in this section, during the normal business hours of the agency. A reasonable charge may be made by a criminal justice agency for providing a copy of public criminal justice information.

History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 525, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 416, L. 1999.