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Mont. Code Ann. § 49-4-501 (2026)

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TITLE 49. HUMAN RIGHTS

CHAPTER 4. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Part 5. Interpreters for the Deaf in Official Proceedings

Policy

49-4-501. Policy. It is the policy of this state to secure the constitutional rights of deaf or hard-of-hearing persons who may require accommodations to readily understand or communicate spoken language and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unless qualified interpreters are available to assist them.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 237, L. 2025.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2026 · leading case: Lowry v. State, 2026 MT 71N (Mont. 2026).
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Lowry v. State, 2026 MT 71N (Mont. 2026). · cites it 4× “Section 49-4-501, MCA (2023); § 49-4-503, MCA.”
B. Lowry V v. Bragg (Mont. 2022). “Lowry points to §§ 49-4-501, and 49-4-508, MCA, the statutes for interpreters in judicial proceedings for deaf persons.”
Tyrrel v. State, 2005 MT 246N (Mont. 2005). “The mandatory provisions of § 49-4-501 come into play only when a party is determined to be a deaf person within the meaning of the law.”
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