Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 3. MONTANA FORENSIC SCIENCE SYSTEM ACT

Part 1. General Provisions Forensic Science

Purpose

44-3-102. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the attorney general to provide the personnel, facilities, and procedures to:

(1) determine the cause of certain types of deaths by such investigation and examination as are in the public interest;

(2) analyze specimens for law enforcement officers; and

(3) provide reports, including oral testimony, concerning such investigation, examination, and analysis when in the public interest.

History: En. 82-428 by Sec. 2, Ch. 530, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-428; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 689, L. 1989.