Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 4. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Part 8. Menageries, Sanctuaries, and Zoos

Enforcement And Penalty

87-4-807. Enforcement and penalty. (1) The provisions of this part must be enforced by any warden or any other legally authorized officer. Any person violating the provisions of this part shall upon conviction be punished as provided in 87-6-715, and at the discretion of the court, the permit and all rights and privileges inherent in the permit may be forfeited.

(2) Any animals being kept in violation of any section of this part may be confiscated or ordered disposed of at the discretion of the director. The permittee may appeal to the commission within 20 days of the date of the order to confiscate, and the commission shall hold a hearing on an appeal. The decision of the commission is final.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 130, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 465, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1211; amd. Sec. 113, Ch. 258, L. 2011.