{"data":{"id":"us-mt/77-1-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"77-1-301","heading":"Powers and duties of the department.","body":"(1) Under the direction of the board, the department has charge of the selecting, exchange, classification, appraisal, leasing, management, sale, or other disposition of the state lands. It shall perform such other duties the board directs, the purpose of the department demands, or the statutes require.\n(2) It shall collect and receive all moneys payable to the state through its office as fees, rentals, royalties, interest, penalties, or payments on mortgages or lands purchased from the state or derived from any other source. It shall issue a receipt for each cash payment or whenever requested by the payer.","path":["TITLE 77. STATE LANDS","CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LANDS","Part 3. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0770/chapter_0010/part_0030/section_0010/0770-0010-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:18Z","sha256":"b42ba6f1ceb12de95c9a34d4a6284d6dc4e7ea91722312072c73f67799e49f10","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/77-1-236","next":"us-mt/77-1-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}