Montana § 46-18-801 - Effect Of Conviction -- Civil Disabilities
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 46-18-801 — Effect Of Conviction -- Civil Disabilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46-18-801. Effect Of Conviction -- Civil Disabilities
Effect of conviction -- civil disabilities. (1) Conviction of an offense does not deprive the offender of a civil or constitutional right, except as provided in the Montana constitution or as specifically enumerated by the sentencing judge as a necessary condition of the sentence directed toward the objectives of rehabilitation and the protection of society. If the sentencing judge incorporates by reference in the sentencing order rules of the department of corrections or the board of pardons and parole setting conditions of probation, parole, or supervised release with which the offender is required to comply, the incorporation by reference constitutes a specific enumeration of the conditions for purposes of this section. (2) Except as provided in the Montana constitution, if a person has been deprived of a civil or constitutional right by reason of conviction for an offense and the person's sentence has expired or the person has been pardoned, the person is restored to all civil rights and full citizenship, the same as if the conviction had not occurred.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-18-801 ("Effect Of Conviction -- Civil Disabilities") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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