Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 15. PARTNER AND FAMILY MEMBER ASSAULT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING -- VICTIM PROTECTION

Part 1. General Provisions

Cancellation Of Substitute Address -- Cessation Of Duty

40-15-119. Cancellation of substitute address -- cessation of duty. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the department shall cancel the substitute address of a participant 4 years after the date on which the department approved the participant's application.

(2) The department may not cancel the substitute address of a participant if, before the substitute address of the participant is canceled, the participant shows to the satisfaction of the department that the participant remains in imminent danger of becoming a victim.

(3) The department may cancel the substitute address of a participant at any time if:

(a) the participant changes the participant's confidential address from the confidential address listed in the application and fails to notify the department within 48 hours after the change of confidential address; or

(b) the department determines that the participant knowingly provided false or incorrect information in the application.

(4) When the department cancels the substitute address of a participant, the duty of the department to provide the services described in 40-15-115(2) to the participant ceases.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 83, L. 2005.