7-32-2145. Mileage and expenses of sheriff for return of fugitives. For trips made for the return of fugitives apprehended and arrested outside the county, the sheriff shall receive the actual necessary expenses incurred in going for and returning with such fugitive. In determining the actual expense if travel is by a privately owned vehicle, the mileage rate shall be allowed as provided in 7-32-2143.
Montana Code Annotated
Mont. Code Ann. § 7-32-2145 (2026)
Mileage And Expenses Of Sheriff For Return Of Fugitives
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TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 32. LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part 21. Sheriff's Office
Mileage And Expenses Of Sheriff For Return Of Fugitives
History: En. Sec. 4634, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3167, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4916, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 121, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4916, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 121, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 59, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 82, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 343, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 439, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 25-226(part).
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case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Paull v. Park Cnty., 2009 MT 321 (Mont. 2009).
Paull v. Park Cnty., 2009 MT 321 (Mont. 2009). “There are statutes that provide for reimbursement to sheriffs for conveying persons to a "magistrate or to a detention center" (§ 7-32-2143, MCA) and for reimbursement of expenses incurred in returning fugitives apprehended outside the county (§ 7-32-2145, MCA). Neither of these…”
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