Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 23. DOMESTIC ANIMAL CONTROL AND PROTECTION

Part 21. County Control of Dogs

Vicious Dog Control

7-23-2109. Vicious dog control. (1) The county governing body may regulate, restrain, control, kill, or quarantine any vicious dog, whether such dog is licensed or unlicensed, by the adoption of an ordinance which substantially complies with the provisions of 7-5-103 through 7-5-107.

(2) A violation of any ordinance established as provided in subsection (1) is a misdemeanor.

(3) For purposes of this section, a "vicious dog" is defined as one which bites or attempts to bite any human being without provocation or which harasses, chases, bites, or attempts to bite any other animal. The term "animal" includes all livestock and any domestic pet.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 208, L. 1979.