Montana

A default highway-use prohibition with listed law-enforcement exceptions is not the petition’s statewide removal.

ALPR statute

Mont. Code Ann. §§ 46-5-117 to 46-5-119 (Ch. 202, L. 2017) — default prohibition on highway ALPR use by state or local agencies, with listed exceptions: MDT/city planning (anonymized), parking, weigh-station screening, fleet tracking, and law enforcement only to identify a vehicle that is stolen, associated with a wanted/missing/endangered person, registered to a person with an outstanding warrant, in commercial-trucking violation, or tied to case-specific investigation of a major crime. 46-5-118: unmatched LE captures may not be preserved more than 90 days without a sworn preservation request or a search warrant. Not a collection ban for the listed purposes.

Executive

Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.

Local

Billings, Missoula, and Bozeman city/county LE have not deployed Flock; private retail ALPRs operate on private lots. No named municipal cancellation.

Funding / grants

Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.

Permitting / dirt

Not retrieved. Empty beats a copied neighbor.

Privacy

90-day unmatched LE cap and limited warrant/preservation path. Match alone is not reasonable suspicion for a stop. Sale of captured data banned.