{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-8-372","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-8-372","heading":"Littering with lighted matches, cigarettes, and other burning material and dumping ashtray prohibited -- penalty -- posting.","body":"(1) A person may not throw away lighted matches, tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, or other lighted material on a forest road, private road, city street, county road, public highway, or railroad right-of-way, except lighted materials used as safety signaling devices, in this state.\n(2) A person may not empty an ashtray containing matches, ashes, cigarette or cigar refuse, or other related material on a forest road, private road, city street, county road, public highway, or railroad right-of-way in this state.\n(3) A person convicted of violating subsection (1) or (2) shall be fined a maximum of $500.\n(4) Municipalities, the forest service, county governments, property owners, public transit operators, federal highway administrators, and any other appropriate entity may, at their discretion, post copies of this section in conspicuous locations.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC REGULATION","Part 3. Vehicle Operating Requirements"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0080/part_0030/section_0720/0610-0080-0030-0720.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:54Z","sha256":"1cb0d268d886c86f86682728831a06802d034e7d8ae811c1b8237c4ad7f5a6d4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-8-371","next":"us-mt/61-8-373"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}