Open container exceptions — Montana Permit Test
Open container exceptions on the Montana permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Montana's open-container law has an exception for containers with an unbroken seal and none of the original contents removed.
Without this, a driver carrying a sealed case of beer home from the store would be breaking the law.
Containers with an unbroken seal and none of the original contents removed;
Open containers stored in the living quarters of a camper, travel trailer or motor home are an exception to Montana's open-container law.
A motor home is also a home, and its kitchen is not the driver's seat.
Open containers stored within the living quarters of a camper, travel trailer or motor home; and
Passengers carried by a hired driver in a bus, taxi or limousine are an exception to Montana's open-container law.
The person drinking in the back of a taxi is not the one driving it.
Passengers transported by a hired driver within a bus, taxi, or limousine.
On the test
Which container is an exception to Montana's open-container law?
One with its seal unbroken. Without this, a driver carrying a sealed case of beer home from the store would be breaking the law. Montana Driver Manual, p.72: “Containers with an unbroken seal and none of the original contents removed;”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Montana Driver Manual, published by the Montana Department of Justice, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pdf (Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pages.txt (scripts/mt-text.sh: pdftotext -layout except printed pp.24-26, which are plain; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT-exam.html (Administrative Rules of Montana 23.3.121, Road Signs and Road Rules, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, read 2026-10-04; states the seven-miss pass mark; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://mvdmt.gov/forms-driver-license/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)