Mont. Code Ann. § 45-5-503

(2005)

Sexual intercourse without consent

(1) A person who knowingly has sexual intercourse without consent with another person commits the offense of sexual intercourse without consent. A person may not be convicted under this section based on the age of the person's spouse, as provided in 45-5-501(1)(b)(iv).

(2) A person convicted of sexual intercourse without consent shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 100 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

(3) (a) If the victim is less than 16 years old and the offender is 3 or more years older than the victim or if the offender inflicts bodily injury upon anyone in the course of committing sexual intercourse without consent, the offender shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 4 years or more than 100 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

(b) If two or more persons are convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with the same victim in an incident in which each offender was present at the location where another offender's offense occurred during a time period in which each offender could have reasonably known of the other's offense, each offender shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 100 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

(c) If the offender was previously convicted of an offense under this section or of an offense under the laws of another state or of the United States that if committed in this state would be an offense under this section and if the offender inflicted serious bodily injury upon a person in the course of committing each offense, the offender shall be:

(i) punished by death as provided in 46-18-301 through 46-18-310, unless the offender is less than 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense; or

(ii) punished as provided in 46-18-219.

(d) If the victim was incarcerated in an adult or juvenile correctional, detention, or treatment facility at the time of the offense and the offender had supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not more than 5 years or fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.

(4) In addition to any sentence imposed under subsection (2) or (3), after determining the financial resources and future ability of the offender to pay restitution as required by 46-18-242, the court shall require the offender, if able, to pay the victim's reasonable medical and counseling costs that result from the offense. The amount, method, and time of payment must be determined in the same manner as provided for in 46-18-244.

(5) As used in subsection (3), an act "in the course of committing sexual intercourse without consent" includes an attempt to commit the offense or flight after the attempt or commission.

Opinions construing this section

120 opinions
2026 MT 204N Aug 25, 2026 Reversed
State v. M. Partridge
Majority by Ingrid Gustafson · 7 to 0
ct Court, Yellowstone County, sentencing him to 100 years at the Montana State Prison, with 40 years suspended, and imposing a 25-year parole restriction under § 45-5-503(4)(a)(i), MCA (2019). The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in sentencing Partridge under the 2019 amendment to § 45-5-503(4)(a)(i), MCA, which became eff
2026 MT 171N Jul 28, 2026 Affirmed
State v. Thomas
Majority by Laurie McKinnon · 5 to 0
ion for two counts of felony Sexual Assault, in violation of § 45-5-502(3), MCA, and two counts of felony Sexual Intercourse Without Consent, in violation of § 45-5-503(4), MCA, following a jury trial in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County. We affirm. ¶3 In the spring of 2021, Thomas’s niece, M.B.G. (born in
2025 MT 295 Dec 23, 2025 Affirmed
Kapps v. State
Majority by Ingrid Gustafson · 5 to 0
7, 2015, the State charged Kapps by Information with sexual assault, in violation of § 45-5-502, MCA, and sexual intercourse without consent, in violation of § 45-5-503, MCA. The State alleged that Kapps molested his fiancée’s seven-year-old niece, M.C. Kapps retained David S. Freedman as counsel and pled not guilty to the charg
2025 MT 275 Dec 2, 2025 Affirmed
State v. J. Davisson
Majority by Laurie McKinnon · 5 to 0
June 17, 2024 Judgment and Order of Commitment following a jury verdict of guilty of one count of sexual intercourse without consent (SIWOC), in violation of § 45-5-503, MCA, in the Second Judicial District Court, Butte-Silver Bow County. We affirm. ¶2 Davisson raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as follows: Issue One:
2025 MT 257 Nov 12, 2025 Reversed
State v. D. Pierce
Majority by Jim Rice · 4 to 0 with 3 concurring
son without consent or with another person who is incapable of consent,” and thus, the mental state of “knowingly” is a requisite element of the offense. Section 45-5-503, MCA (2019).1 Montana law provides different definitions of “knowingly,” including that “a person acts knowingly with respect to conduct . . . when the pers
Official Annotations archive.org, 2005 edition
History:
En. by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1975
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 129, L. 1975
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 94, L. 1977
Amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 359, L. 1977
Amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 584, L. 1977
R.C.M. 1947,
Amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 172, L. 1985
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 356, L. 1985
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 644, L. 1985
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 175, L. 1991
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1991
Amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 687, L. 1991
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1993
Amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 482, L. 1995
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 550, L. 1995
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 312, L. 1997
Amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 84, L. 1999 (SB 32 - Grimes, Duane (R) SD 20)
Amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 523, L. 1999 (HB 374 - Hurdle, Joan (D) HD 13)
Amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 114, L. 2003 (SB 10 - Grimes, Duane (R) SD 20)