Table of Contents TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations
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Mont. Code Ann. § 61-9-422

(2011)

Evidence admissible without presumption of negligence

Evidence of compliance or failure to comply with 61-9-420 is admissible in any civil action for personal injury or property damage resulting from the use or operation of a motor vehicle, but failure to comply with 61-9-420 does not alone constitute negligence.

Opinions construing this section

1 opinion
2025 MT 282 Dec 9, 2025 Affirmed
State v. K. Mullendore
Majority by Laurie McKinnon · 5 to 0
the general seatbelt use requirements and in part, specifies that if § 61-9-420, MCA, applies, the child should be properly restrained. In that same Chapter, § 61-9-422, MCA, deals specifically with the admissibility of evidence related to the child safety restraint statute, § 61-9-420, MCA, and explains that failure to comply wit
Official Annotations archive.org, 2011 edition
History:
En. Sec. 4, Ch. 177, L. 1983
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