Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 45. CRIMES

CHAPTER 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

Part 2. Criminal Trespass and Burglary

Possession Of Burglary Tools

45-6-205. Possession of burglary tools. (1) A person commits the offense of possession of burglary tools when the person knowingly possesses any key, tool, instrument, device, or explosive suitable for breaking into an occupied structure, a vehicle, or any depository designed for the safekeeping of property or any part of the occupied structure, vehicle, or depository with the purpose to commit an offense.

(2) A person convicted of possession of burglary tools shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both.

History: En. 94-6-205 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-6-205; amd. Sec. 1666, Ch. 56, L. 2009.