61-12-102. Private parking services -- parking citations. - Montana Statutes

     61-12-102. Private parking services -- parking citations. (1) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
     (a) "Local government" means a municipality, if the private parking service operates parking services within a municipality, or a county, if the services are not operated within a municipality.
     (b) "Private parking service" means the service of providing areas for parking motor vehicles by the general public for compensation and includes those services conducted:
     (i) on private property; or
     (ii) on public property under contract or agreement with the local government.
     (2) A local government may by ordinance allow a private parking service to impound a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle may not be impounded by attaching a device that makes the motor vehicle immobile.
     (3) A private parking service may enter into an agreement with the local government to authorize employees of the private parking service to issue citations for parking violations as defined by state, municipal, or county laws, that occur within the boundaries of the private parking service's parking areas. All citations must be considered within the jurisdiction of the local government and must be handled in the same manner as citations issued by peace officers of the local government.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 215, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 233, Ch. 542, L. 2005.