Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 3. VENUE

Part 1. General Provisions

Place Of Trial

46-3-111. Place of trial. (1) The place of trial must be in the county where the charge is filed unless otherwise provided by law.

(2) All objections that a charge is filed in the improper county are waived by a defendant unless made before the first witness is sworn at the time of trial. If an objection is made, a hearing must be held and the proper county in which to file the charge must be established before further proceedings may take place.

History: En. 95-401 by Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 95-401; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 800, L. 1991; Sec. 46-3-101, MCA 1989; redes. 46-3-111 by Code Commissioner, 1991.