{"data":{"id":"us-mt/80-10-202","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"80-10-202","heading":"License required.","body":"A person may not distribute in this state any type of fertilizer or soil amendment, except unmanipulated animal or vegetable manures or specialty fertilizer, until a license to distribute has been obtained from the department for each facility distributing into this state and for each handling facility in this state. All new applicants shall pay a nonrefundable $75 fee for each license. All licenses expire on December 31 of each year and are subject to the following:\n(1) The application for license must be on forms approved by the department.\n(2) License renewals received by the department prior to January 1 of each year must be accompanied by a fee of $50 for each license.\n(3) The department may collect a $25 late penalty for a license renewal received after December 31.\n(4) Before distributing any commercial fertilizer or soil amendment into the state, a person must be licensed as a supplier.","path":["TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 10. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS","Part 2. Licensing and Registration"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0800/chapter_0100/part_0020/section_0020/0800-0100-0020-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:43Z","sha256":"460117e505b8fe9bb7ae46b0d2d500f02d363837b74963f4ea0fdc89ba6fb658","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/80-10-201","next":"us-mt/80-10-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}