{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-9-421","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-9-421","heading":"Persons entitled to vote.","body":"(1) Only persons who are taxpayers upon and owners of real property located within the district and whose names appear upon the last-completed assessment roll of some county within the district for state, county, and school district taxes are electors and are entitled to vote in elections, provided that:\n(a) an elector need not reside within the district in order to vote;\n(b) when a corporation owns taxable real property within the boundaries of the conservancy district, the authorized agent of the corporation is entitled to cast a vote on behalf of the corporation;\n(c) when land is under contract of sale to a purchaser and the contract is recorded, only the purchaser has the right to vote;\n(d) guardians, executors, administrators, and trustees of real property within the district are entitled to cast the vote for the owner of the land.\n(2) When voting, an agent of a corporation or of co-owners or a guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or purchaser under contract of sale may be required to show the person's authority by the judges of the election.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 9. CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS","Part 4. Organization and Procedure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0090/part_0040/section_0210/0850-0090-0040-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:29Z","sha256":"634efa10c220efd83cb1535e04f0cd74b789a56779d88d049f3ced3dfa8d079e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-9-412","next":"us-mt/85-9-422"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}