The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Montana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 2, part 1
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing; restructured by Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021), which added the civil-penalty tier of subsection (1) for local board rules (read as 2021-04-16)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Apr. 16, 2021 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; business entities (expressly, in (1)(b) and (6)); employers; owners or persons in control of premises
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Montana DUT-MT
Operative words
(2)... a person who violates the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted by the department under the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction, the person shall be fined not less than $10 or more than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both. (3) Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Penalty
Misdemeanor: fine of $10 to $500 or imprisonment up to 90 days, or both; each day a separate offense; civil penalty of $10 to $200 (person) or up to $250 (business entity) for local board rules
What it required
Violation of chapter 2 (which includes the health officers' closure, gathering, quarantine and compliance orders under 50-2-118) or of DPHHS rules under it is a misdemeanor, each day a separate offense; the 2021 text adds civil penalties for violating a local board's rules ($10 to $200 for a person; up to $250 for a 'business entity', defined in (6) to include corporations, LLCs and sole proprietorships).
Retrieval noteTen library records (Yellowstone, Gallatin and other county orders) recite 50-2-124 as their penalty. The pre-2021 text, under which violation of local board rules was itself the misdemeanor, was not re-read in this run (Internet Archive offline); the History line places the restructuring in Ch. 408, L. 2021, the same act as 50-2-116(5) (Ex. MT-073).