44-1-1101. Duty of patrol officer upon making arrest, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 1. HIGHWAY PATROL

Part 11. Procedure for Arrests

Duty Of Patrol Officer Upon Making Arrest

44-1-1101. Duty of patrol officer upon making arrest. Upon making an arrest, a patrol officer shall:

(1) deliver the offender to the nearest justice of the peace during office hours or to the county jail;

(2) give the offender a summons describing the nature of the offense with instructions for the offender to report to the nearest justice of the peace; or

(3) (a) accept bail determined pursuant to Title 46, chapter 9, part 3; or

(b) with the offender's permission, accept the offender's driver's license in lieu of bail if the summons describes a violation of any offense in Title 61, chapters 3 through 10, except chapter 8, part 4, and if the offender is the holder of an unexpired driver's license.

History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 199, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 31-112(part); amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 7, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 465, L. 2003.