Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 52. FAMILY SERVICES

CHAPTER 5. CORRECTIONS

Part 1. Youthful Offenders

Detention Of Youth Who Violates Conditional Release Or Escapes From Facility Or Program

52-5-128. Detention of youth who violates conditional release or escapes from facility or program. (1) A juvenile probation officer may detain a youth who allegedly has violated the terms and conditions of the youth's conditional release agreement. A law enforcement officer of the state or a county or a city shall detain a youth who has allegedly violated the terms and conditions of the youth's conditional release agreement upon receipt of a warrant to detain the youth.

(2) The department of corrections may detain a youth who has escaped from a correctional facility or program operated by or under contract with the department. A law enforcement officer of the state or a county or a city shall detain a youth upon notice in writing to the officer by the department that the youth has escaped from a correctional facility or program operated by or under contract with the department.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 158, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 120, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 429, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 80-1416; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 609, L. 1987; Sec. 53-30-228, MCA 1989; redes. 52-5-128 by Code Commissioner, 1991; amd. Sec. 385, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 550, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 344, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 339, L. 2021.