Statutes | The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Law Code Title II Chapter 1 Part 7 ยง 2-1-708 | 2019

(1) A person commits the offense of custodial interference when, with the intent to deprive another person or public agency of any custodial rights, the person maliciously takes, detains, entices, or conceals, either within or outside the exterior boundaries of the Reservation, any person under the age of 16, any incompetent person or any person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or institution.

 

(2) Expenses incurred in locating and regaining physical custody of the person taken, enticed or kept in violation of this

section are "pecuniary damages" for purposes of restitution.

 

(3) Custodial interference is a Class E offense over which the Tribes have concurrent jurisdiction with the State of Montana.