Montana § 61-8-715 - Reckless Driving -- Reckless Endangerment Of Emergency Personnel Or Highway Workers -- Failure To Yield To An Emergency Vehicle -- Penalty
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§ 61-8-715. Reckless Driving -- Reckless Endangerment Of Emergency Personnel Or Highway Workers -- Failure To Yield To An Emergency Vehicle -- Penalty
Reckless driving -- reckless endangerment of emergency personnel or highway workers -- failure to yield to an emergency vehicle -- penalty. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person convicted of reckless driving under 61-8-301 (1)(a) or (1)(b), convicted of reckless endangerment of a highway worker under 61-8-389 , or convicted of reckless endangerment of emergency personnel or reckless endangerment of highway workers under 61-8-389 shall be punished on a first conviction by imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or both. On a second or subsequent conviction, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than 5 days or more than 6 months, a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000, or both. (2) A person who is convicted of reckless driving under 61-8-301 or convicted of reckless endangerment of emergency personnel or reckless endangerment of highway workers under 61-8-389 and whose offense results in the death or serious bodily injury of another person shall be punished by a fine in an amount not exceeding $10,000, incarceration for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both. (3) A person who is convicted of failure to yield to an emergency vehicle under 61-8-346 shall be punished as follows: (a) for a first conviction, a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000, a sentence of community service of not less than 50 hours or more than 100 hours, or both; (b) for a second conviction, a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $2,000, a sentence of community service of not less than 100 hours or more than 200 hours, or both; and (c) for a third or subsequent conviction, a fine of not less than $3,000 or more than $5,000, a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not less than 30 days, or both.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 61-8-715 ("Reckless Driving -- Reckless Endangerment Of Emergency Personnel Or Highway Workers -- Failure To Yield To An Emergency Vehicle -- Penalty") 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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