Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 32. LAW ENFORCEMENT

Part 22. Detention Centers

Maintenance Of Detention Center

7-32-2204. Maintenance of detention center. The county commissioners, or the private party when provided in an agreement entered into under 7-32-2201(2), have the duty of building, operating, inspecting, and repairing the detention center and must take all necessary precautions against escape, sickness, or infection.

History: En. Sec. 3040, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 9777, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 12486, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 12486, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2822; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 447, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 461, L. 1989.