{"data":{"id":"us-mt/76-16-310","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"76-16-310","heading":"Permit required to run livestock in state district.","body":"(1) An owner or person in control of livestock may not permit livestock to run at large or under herd within the exterior boundaries of a state district unless the owner or person in control of the livestock first obtains a grazing permit from the state district.\n(2) The owner or person in control of livestock running at large or under herd within a state district without a permit from the state district or in excess of the permit is liable for all damages sustained by any member, permittee, or state district that are a result of the person's unpermitted use of the state district. If livestock wrongfully enter a state district, the owner or person in control of the trespassing livestock, who willfully or negligently permits livestock to run at large within the state district without first obtaining a permit from the state district, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in an amount not less than $10 or more than $500. In addition to a fine, the owner or person is liable for all damages that are caused by the trespassing livestock.\n(3) This provision does not require any person to obtain a grazing permit to graze livestock on land that the person owns or controls within a state district if the stock being grazed are restrained from running at large within the state district and from grazing on any other lands within the state district.","path":["TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE","CHAPTER 16. GRAZING DISTRICTS","Part 3. Organization, Administration, and Operation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0760/chapter_0160/part_0030/section_0100/0760-0160-0030-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:14Z","sha256":"fdea7d3b3eb783dfb8a7c5eeb46e087bcfee7180c5ef03d24637b6a5b13b5e3d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/76-16-309","next":"us-mt/76-16-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}