Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 8. Libel and Slander

When Owner Of Radio Station Not Liable For Material Broadcast

27-1-811. When owner of radio station not liable for material broadcast. No person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio broadcasting station is liable under the law of defamation on account of having made its broadcasting facilities available to any person, including but not limited to a candidate for public office, for discussion of controversial or other subjects in the absence of proof of actual malice on the part of such owner or operator.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 122, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 64-205; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 12, L. 1979.