Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-245

(2003)

Supervision of payment

For a felony offense, the court shall order the department of corrections to supervise the payment of restitution. For a misdemeanor offense, the court may order a restitution officer or other designated person to supervise the making of restitution and to report to the court any default in payment. If the victim of a misdemeanor has received compensation under Title 53, chapter 9, the court may also order an employee of the office of victims services, as defined in 53-9-103, to supervise the making of restitution and to report to the court any default in payment.

Opinions construing this section

2 opinions

2025 MT 218 Sep 30, 2025 Reversed

State v. Powell

Majority by Katherine M Bidegaray · 4 to 1 with 1 concurring

the court may order a restitution officer or other designated person to supervise the making of restitution and to report to the court any default in payment. Section 46-18-245, MCA. The offender is also required to “pay the cost of supervising the payment of restitution,” as provided in § 46-18-241(2)(a), MCA. ¶16 Felony and misdem

2015 MT 70 Mar 3, 2015 Affirmed in part, reversed in part

State v. Duong

Majority by Mike McGrath · 5 to 0

written sentence imposed a ten-percent administration fee for the collection of all fees. There was no restitution ordered in this case, thus not implicating § 46-18-245, MCA. No Montana statute permits this type of administration fee and the District Court exceeded its statutory authority by imposing it. ¶24 Although the remedy f

Official Annotations archive.org, 2003 edition

History:

EnactedEn. SectionSec. 5, ChapterCh. 426, Laws ofL. 1983

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 17, ChapterCh. 125, Laws ofL. 1995

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 7, ChapterCh. 272, Laws ofL. 2003 (HB 220 - Laszloffy, Jeff (R) HD 22)

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