Restraining Orders

Under Montana law, anyone who was the victim of one of the following crimes can file for an order of protection, regardless of the relationship to the offender:

• assault;
• aggravated assault;
• assault on a minor;
• stalking;
• incest;
• sexual assault;
• sexual intercourse without consent;
• sexual abuse of children;
• human trafficking; or
• a partner or family member of a victim of deliberate homicide or mitigated deliberate homicide.¹

For additional information, see the Orders of Protection (for victims of domestic violence) section. The orders of protection described in that section are the same orders of protection that would be filed by any of the above-listed crime victims.

¹ Mont. Code § 40-15-102(2)