{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-2-201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-2-201","heading":"Conservation license required and prerequisite for other licenses.","body":"(1) Except as provided in 87-2-803(6) and 87-2-815, it is unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following without first having purchased a conservation license as provided in this part:\n(a) purchase or apply for a hunting, fishing, nonresident wildlife management area shed hunting, or trapping license;\n(b) use lands owned or controlled by the department; or\n(c) engage in general recreational use as defined in 77-1-101 on state trust land pursuant to an agreement established under 77-1-815.\n(2) If the department of natural resources and conservation and the department enter into an agreement pursuant to 77-1-815, the department shall submit every other legislative session a report to the legislature in accordance with 5-11-210 that documents the number of conservation licenses sold and revenue received pursuant to this section. The first report shall be provided to the legislature by January 1, 2027.","path":["TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES","Part 2. Wildlife Conservation License"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0870/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0010/0870-0020-0020-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:37Z","sha256":"8e4b7c9c79dc029a1557c6ed580af5c1cb8af47ae16dce8e434cdec6c933df4a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-2-130","next":"us-mt/87-2-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}