{"data":{"id":"us-mt/23-2-904","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"23-2-904","heading":"Disturbance of cave life unlawful.","body":"A person may not purposely or knowingly remove, kill, harm, or otherwise interfere with cave life, except for health or safety reasons or when the act is a minimal disturbance or for removal of organisms for recognized scientific inquiry. Gates at the entrance or at any point within a cave must be of open construction to allow unimpeded passage of air, insects, bats, and other cave life.","path":["TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING","CHAPTER 2. RECREATION","Part 9. Cave Conservation Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0230/chapter_0020/part_0090/section_0040/0230-0020-0090-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:51Z","sha256":"d266fc84bdf12052658e03cee118e28802a6d4aba57392a81f2c90db74175202","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/23-2-903","next":"us-mt/23-2-905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}