{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-30-204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-30-204","heading":"Abatement of public nuisance by government entity or officer or injured party.","body":"A public nuisance may be abated by a government entity or officer authorized by law. A person may abate a public nuisance that is specially injurious to that person by removing or, if necessary, destroying the thing that constitutes the nuisance, as long as doing so would not constitute a breach of the peace or cause unnecessary injury. Nothing in this section alters the remedies to a government entity or private person in a public nuisance cause of action.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 30. NUISANCES","Part 2. Public Nuisances"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0300/part_0020/section_0040/0270-0300-0020-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:38Z","sha256":"0d2ece69ed557e552e0b4b40c26e5b46a9d36016f10107dd20f64767ff80edcf","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-30-203","next":"us-mt/27-30-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}