{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-22-115","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-22-115","heading":"Monument preservation.","body":"(1) A public or private entity or person shall, before engaging in activity that will or is likely to disturb or destroy a monument or the accessories to a monument, require the following activities to be performed by a professional land surveyor, as defined in 37-67-101, or a qualified person under the direct supervision of a professional land surveyor:\n(a) locate and reference the monument or the accessories to the monument; and\n(b) file a corner record showing the location of the references to the monument or to the accessories to the monument as required in 70-22-104 and 70-22-105.\n(2) A public or private entity or person shall, within 30 days of completing activity that has disturbed or destroyed a monument or the accessories to a monument, require the following activities to be performed by a professional land surveyor, as defined in 37-67-101, or a qualified person under the direct supervision of a professional land surveyor:\n(a) restore or replace the monument or the accessories to the monument, using the references established in subsection (1)(b); and\n(b) file a new corner record as required in 70-22-104 and 70-22-105.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 22. CORNER RECORDATION ACT SURVEYS AND COORDINATES","Part 1. Corner Recordation Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0220/part_0010/section_0150/0700-0220-0010-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:40Z","sha256":"33a639725b6058de7cd15873acc0e4bd783879b767b8407aeb49b18e636298f9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-22-111","next":"us-mt/70-22-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}