Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     42-8-108. Violation a misdemeanor -- penalty. (1) Any person who maintains or conducts an agency for procuring the adoption of children or assists in the maintaining or conducting of an agency without first obtaining a child-placing license is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of a first offense shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for up to 1 year in jail and shall be enjoined from further engaging in agency activities.
     (2) Upon the second conviction of a person for violation of 42-8-103, 42-8-104, and 42-8-107, the person is guilty of a felony and may be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for up to 5 years in prison and shall be enjoined from further engaging in agency activities.

     History: En. Sec. 156, Ch. 480, L. 1997.

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