46-5-105. Reasonable suspicion required before strip search, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 5. SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Part 1. Legality and Admissibility

Reasonable Suspicion Required Before Strip Search

46-5-105. Reasonable suspicion required before strip search. A person arrested or detained for a traffic offense or an offense that is not a felony may not be subjected to a strip search or a body cavity search by a peace officer or law enforcement employee unless there is reasonable suspicion to believe the person is concealing a weapon, contraband, or evidence of the commission of a crime.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 192, L. 2013.