{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-5-4113","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-5-4113","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 minimum of $100.\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 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS","Part 41. Conduct of Municipal Government"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0050/part_0410/section_0130/0070-0050-0410-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:47Z","sha256":"af67228984da2730c66a830f933b6b7f261c9ae087d3bcbe150dbe2299d8cf36","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-5-4112","next":"us-mt/7-5-4114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}