Mont. Code Ann. § 45-8-405
Pattern of criminal street gang activity
En. Sec. 5, Ch. 285, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 432, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1718, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 167, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 308, L. 2025.
- (1) For purposes of this part, "pattern of criminal street gang activity" means the commission, solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt, the adjudication as a delinquent youth for the commission, attempt, or solicitation, or the conviction of two or more of the offenses listed in subsection (2) within a 3-year period, which offenses were committed on separate occasions.
(2) The offenses that form a pattern of criminal street gang activity include:
- (a) deliberate homicide, as defined in 45-5-102;
- (b) assault with a weapon, as defined in 45-5-213;
- (c) intimidation, as defined in 45-5-203;
- (d) kidnapping, as defined in 45-5-302;
- (e) aggravated kidnapping, as defined in 45-5-303;
- (f) robbery, as defined in 45-5-401;
- (g) sexual intercourse without consent, as defined in 45-5-503;
- (h) aggravated sex trafficking, as defined in 45-5-706;
- (i) child sex trafficking, as defined in 45-5-711;
- (j) criminal mischief, as defined in 45-6-101;
- (k) arson, as defined in 45-6-103;
- (l) burglary, as defined in 45-6-204;
- (m) theft, as defined in 45-6-301;
- (n) forgery, as defined in 45-6-325;
- (o) tampering with witnesses and informants, as defined in 45-7-206;
- (p) bringing armed individuals into the state, as defined in 45-8-106;
- (q) unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person, as defined in 45-8-313;
- (r) carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in 45-8-316;
- (s) possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner, as defined in 45-8-318;
- (t) possession of a destructive device, as defined in 45-8-334;
- (u) possession of explosives, as defined in 45-8-335;
- (v) possession of a sawed-off firearm, as defined in 45-8-340;
- (w) possession of a stolen firearm, as defined in 45-8-346;
- (x) the sale, possession for sale, transportation, manufacture, offer for sale, offer to manufacture, or other offense involving a dangerous drug as prohibited by Title 45, chapter 9;
- (y) use of threat to coerce criminal street gang membership or use of violence to coerce criminal street gang membership provided in 45-8-403.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 285, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 432, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1718, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 167, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 308, L. 2025.