//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Montana, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Montana — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 44.2/100** · rank **29 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 9/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Nominally lifetime for ALL sexual offenders; petition-based relief eligibility at 10 yrs (Level 1) / 25 yrs (Level 2); Level 3 life (juvenile reducible to 25 yrs) — **lifetime** | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0060/0460-0230-0050-0060.html|MCA 46-23-506]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Level 1 petition after 10 yrs, Level 2 after 25 yrs (discretionary 'may grant' on clean record + registration not necessary for public protection); SVPs / certain serious offenses permanently ineligible — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0060/0460-0230-0050-0060.html|MCA 46-23-506(3),(4)]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🟢 favorable | Yes — risk assessment used | MCA 46-23-509 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Quarterly, biannually, or annually by level | MCA 46-23-504(6) |
| **Registration fee** | 🟠 moderate | Offender responsible for registration costs if able to pay; DOJ may set fee by rule, capped at actual cost (no fixed statutory amount) | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0040/0460-0230-0050-0040.html|MCA 46-23-504(8)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide statutory residency ban — the Sexual/Violent Offender Registration Act (46-23-501 to 520) imposes no distance restriction; limits may arise only as individual supervision conditions | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/sections_index.html|MCA Title 46, ch. 23, part 5]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — employment restrictions | MCA 45-5-513 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — predatory loitering by sexual offender offense | MCA 45-8-221 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | Register within 3 business days if residing 10+ consecutive days or 30+ aggregate days/year | MCA 46-23-504(1)(c) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — §46-23-504(3) requires 'all e-mail addresses used by the offender' and internet self-identification/routing designations | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0040/0460-0230-0050-0040.html|MCA 46-23-504(3)(h)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All levels public — DOJ disseminates Level 1 through Level 3 offender info to the public registry website; lowest tier listed (Level 1 dissemination subject to a community-risk determination) | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0080/0460-0230-0050-0080.html|MCA 46-23-508]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No Halloween statute found in SVORA (46-23-501 to 520); any restriction would be only an individual supervision condition — not confirmed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — MCA 61-5-111 exhaustively lists driver's license/ID contents (photo, number, name, DOB, address, description, signature, veteran, citizen eagle) with no sex-offender designation, code, or brand | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0110/0610-0050-0010-0110.html|MCA 61-5-111]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Active dissemination (newspaper/internet/flyers) tiered by risk level — Level 1 limited, Level 2/3 broader; no registrant-paid cost in statute | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0050/section_0080/0460-0230-0050-0080.html|MCA 46-23-508]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age mitigation (offender 18 or younger, victim 14+, consensual) | [[https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0050/part_0050/section_0030/0450-0050-0050-0030.html|MCA 45-5-503]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//