Criminal Invasion of Personal Privacy (pretexting)
MT Criminal Invasion of Privacy
Other · Financial
Montana makes it a crime to get someone's personal or confidential information by pretending to be that person, a practice often called pretexting. Posing as someone with their express consent is allowed.
- Where
- Montana
- Citation
- Mont. Code Ann. 45-8-220
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 2007-10-01
- Enforced by
- County attorneys and the Attorney General (criminal prosecution)
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Up to 1 year of incarceration and/or a fine up to $10,000 (45-8-220(1)).
- Applies to
- Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain personal or confidential information about an individual while posing as that individual without the individual's express consent (45-8-220)
Practices it requires
- Do not obtain or attempt to obtain personal or confidential information about an individual by posing as that individual without the individual's express consent.Mont. Code Ann. 45-8-220(1)-(2)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date inferred from history note (En. Ch. 404, L. 2007) and the default October 1 rule.
Research reference, not legal advice.