{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-1-724","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-1-724","heading":"Limits on liability of livestock owner or property owner in accidents involving motor vehicles and livestock.","body":"(1) Except as provided in Title 60, chapter 7, part 2, for the highways referred to in 60-7-201, a person owning, controlling, or in possession of livestock or a person owning property has no duty to keep livestock from wandering on highways and is not subject to liability for damages to any property or for injury to a person caused by an accident involving a motor vehicle and livestock unless the owner of the livestock or property was grossly negligent or engaged in intentional misconduct.\n(2) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:\n(a) \"Highway\" has the meaning provided in 60-1-103(17);\n(b) \"Livestock\" has the meaning provided in 15-1-101; and\n(c) \"Person\" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or association.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY","Part 7. Liability"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0010/part_0070/section_0240/0270-0010-0070-0240.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:26Z","sha256":"a383210f0697d3fd4aa66fb898be3f43e84218a9a3004e525377979ed9bae94a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-1-723","next":"us-mt/27-1-725"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}