Montana Code 41-5-1703. Powers and duties of juvenile probation officers
41-5-1703. Powers and duties of juvenile probation officers. (1) A juvenile probation officer shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 41-5-1703
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
(a)perform the duties set out in 41-5-1302;
(b)make predisposition studies and submit reports and recommendations to the court;
(c)supervise, assist, and counsel youth placed on probation or conditional release or under the juvenile probation officer’s supervision, including enforcement of the terms of probation or conditional release or intervention;
(d)assist any public and private community and work projects engaged in by youth to pay restitution;
(e)perform any other functions designated by the court.
(2)A juvenile probation officer does not have power to make arrests or to perform any other law enforcement functions in carrying out the juvenile probation officer’s duties except that a juvenile probation officer may take into custody any youth who violates either the youth’s probation, terms and conditions of the youth’s conditional release agreement, or a lawful order of the court.
(3)The duties of a full-time or part-time juvenile probation officer may not be performed by a person serving as a law enforcement officer.