Solicitation
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 45–45 (382 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Gollehon v. Mahoney (2010)
Most recently applied in United States v. Helaman Hansen (July 2022)
En. 94-4-101 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-4-101; amd
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person commits the offense of solicitation when, with the purpose that an offense be committed, the person commands, encourages, or facilitates the commission of that offense.
(2) A person convicted of solicitation shall be punished not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense solicited.
Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.