61-7-111. Accident report forms. (1) The department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, coroners, medical examiners, sheriffs, garages, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required hereunder, appropriate with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the causes, conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved.
(2) Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the department and shall contain all of the information required therein unless not available.
(3) The department may suspend the license or permit to drive of any resident or the nonresident operating privilege of any person failing to report an accident as herein provided until such report has been filed.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 210, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 256, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1210; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 7, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 299, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 7. Accidents and Accident Reports
Part 1. Uniform Accident Reporting Act
61-7-101. Short title -- definition
61-7-103. Accidents involving another person or deceased person
61-7-105. Duty to give information and render aid
61-7-106. Duty upon striking unattended vehicle
61-7-107. Duty upon striking fixtures or other property upon highway
61-7-108. Immediate notice of accidents
61-7-109. Written reports of accidents -- additional information -- form of report
61-7-110. When driver unable to report
61-7-111. Accident report forms
61-7-112. Coroners and medical examiners to report
61-7-114. Accident reports confidential
61-7-115. Department to tabulate and analyze accident reports
61-7-116. Any incorporated city permitted to require accident reports