1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 16
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-16-207 Occupant of land adjoining enclosure of another -- when required to share expense of partition fence

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 16. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INCIDENTAL TO OWNERSHIP IN REAL PROPERTY

Part 2. Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences

Occupant Of Land Adjoining Enclosure Of Another -- When Required To Share Expense Of Partition Fence

70-16-207. Occupant of land adjoining enclosure of another -- when required to share expense of partition fence. If any occupant of land adjoining the enclosure of another encloses the land, upon the enclosure of the other person, the occupant shall within 3 months build the occupant's proportion of the partition fence or refund to the owner of the fence an equal proportion of the value, at that time, of any partition fence of the adjoining occupant.

History: En. Sec. 1115, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3254, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2086, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6779, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6779, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-804; amd. Sec. 2123, Ch. 56, L. 2009.