Table of Contents TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING CHAPTER 5. GAMBLING Part 1. General Provisions, Proceedings, and Penalties
Edition 2009 Other editions
Current Version 2025 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999 1997 1995 1978 Scanned 1979 Scanned 1981 Scanned 1983 Scanned 1985 Scanned 1986 Scanned 1987 Scanned 1989 Scanned
1995 forward is searchable text. Earlier volumes are page scans.
Prev Next
23-5-101 23-5-102 23-5-103 23-5-104 23-5-108 23-5-110 23-5-111 23-5-112 23-5-113 23-5-114 23-5-115 23-5-116 23-5-117 23-5-118 1 23-5-119 23-5-123 23-5-128 23-5-129 23-5-130 23-5-131 23-5-135 23-5-136 23-5-137 23-5-138 23-5-151 23-5-152 23-5-153 23-5-154 23-5-155 23-5-156 23-5-157 23-5-158 23-5-159 23-5-160 23-5-161 23-5-162 23-5-164 23-5-165 23-5-171 23-5-172 1 23-5-176 23-5-177 23-5-178 23-5-180 23-5-181 23-5-182 23-5-183 23-5-184 23-5-185

Mont. Code Ann. § 23-5-153

(2009)

Possession and sale of antique illegal gambling devices

(1) For the purposes of this section, an antique illegal gambling device is an illegal gambling device that at any present time is more than 25 years old.

(2) Except as provided in 23-5-152(6) and subsection (3) of this section, an antique illegal gambling device may be possessed, located, and operated only in a private residential dwelling.

(3) (a) An antique illegal gambling device may be possessed or located for purposes of display only and not for operation:

(i) in a retail business establishment or public or private museum; or

(ii) in any other public place if the device has been made permanently inoperable for purposes of conducting a gambling activity.

(b) A licensed manufacturer-distributor or a person licensed under subsection (4) may possess antique illegal gambling devices for purposes of commercially selling or otherwise supplying the devices.

(4) A person other than a licensed manufacturer-distributor may not sell more than three antique illegal gambling devices in a 12-month period without first obtaining from the department a license for selling the antique illegal gambling devices. The fee for the license is $50, and the license is valid for 3 years from the date that the license is issued. The fee must be retained by the department for administrative purposes. The department may not issue a license under this subsection to a licensed operator.

(5) A person or entity legally possessing an antique illegal gambling device under subsection (2) or (3) may sell or otherwise supply a device to another person or entity who may legally possess an illegal gambling device.

(6) An antique illegal gambling device may not be operated for any commercial or charitable purpose.

Official Annotations archive.org, 2009 edition
History:
En. Sec. 1, Ch. 197, L. 1949
Sec. 94-2429, R.C.M. 1947
Redes. 94-8-428 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973
R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-428
(2) thru (5)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1983
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 503, L. 1983
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 364, L. 1989
Amd. Secs. 22, 73, Ch. 642, L. 1989
Sec. 23-5-104, MCA 1987
Redes. 23-5-153 by Code Commissioner, 1989
Amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 647, L. 1991
Amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 134, L. 2005 (SB 84 - Squires, Carolyn (D) SD 48)
Amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 429, L. 2007 (SB 540 - Jackson, Verdell (R) SD 5)
Source text on leg.mt.gov