{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-23-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-23-102","heading":"Prohibition of possession of wild animals -- exceptions.","body":"A person may not possess a wild animal unless the person possessed it for at least 6 months prior to January 1, 1982, or it is used in a fur-bearing enterprise, contained in a zoological exhibition in a manner that it may not come in physical contact with members of the public, or acquired by an educational institution for scientific research.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 23. RABIES CONTROL","Part 1. Restrictions on Possession of Wild Animals"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0230/part_0010/section_0020/0500-0230-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:21Z","sha256":"ffb95d0e003d541cb897873b899c81c1b12dbf0487d29133d5e210fae1af748a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-23-101","next":"us-mt/50-23-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}