Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER 4. CONTAINMENT OF LIVESTOCK

Part 5. Roundup of Abandoned Horses

Gathering Horses In Roundup District Before Roundup Unlawful -- Rights Of Owner

81-4-507. Gathering horses in roundup district before roundup unlawful -- rights of owner. It is unlawful for a person or persons to round up from the range any horse or horses in a roundup district after the districts have been designated by the county commissioners until after the roundup. However, an owner of horses on which the taxes have been paid in this district may gather the horses by notifying the roundup supervisor and being accompanied by the supervisor or a representative of the supervisor in gathering the horses.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 29, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 3406.16, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1815; amd. Sec. 2661, Ch. 56, L. 2009.