{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-24-311","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-24-311","heading":"Landlord authorized to adopt rules.","body":"(1) A landlord may adopt a rule concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. A rule is enforceable against the tenant only if:\n(a) its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the occupants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;\n(b) it is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted;\n(c) it applies to all occupants in the premises in a fair manner;\n(d) it is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply;\n(e) it is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and\n(f) the tenant has notice of it at the time that the tenant enters into the rental agreement or when it is adopted.\n(2) A rule adopted by a landlord must be in writing and must be given to each tenant residing on the premises and to each new tenant upon arrival.\n(3) If a rule is adopted after a tenant enters into a rental agreement that works a substantial modification of the tenant's bargain, it is not valid until 7 days after written notice to the tenant in the case of a week to week tenancy or 30 days' written notice in the case of tenancies from month to month.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 24. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT OF 1977","Part 3. Rights and Duties of the Parties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0030/section_0110/0700-0240-0030-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:42Z","sha256":"6f7f76edd90572647deffe4c97934081b9bc102122e685f7bc1911d168370b53","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-24-306","next":"us-mt/70-24-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}