Montana § 7-14-2608 Effect Of Acceptance Or Rejection Of Award Of Damages

Montana Statutes

§ 7-14-2608 — Effect Of Acceptance Or Rejection Of Award Of Damages

Montana § 7-14-2608

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 14TRANSPORTATION

Part 26Establishment, Alteration, and Abandonment of County Roads

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-14-2608 (2026).

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7-14-2608 . Effect of acceptance or rejection of award of damages.

(1)If all awards are accepted, the board shall declare the road a county road and open it.

(2)(a) If any award of damages provided for in 7-14-2607 is not accepted within 20 days after the date of the award, it shall be deemed rejected by the owner.

(b)The board shall by order direct that proceedings to procure the right-of-way be instituted under Title 70, chapter 30 by the county attorney against all nonaccepting landowners.

(c)In such proceedings it shall be made to appear that the board shall have declared by resolution that the right-of-way was necessary and desirable.

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7-14-2608 . Effect of acceptance or rejection of award of damages. (1) If all awards are accepted, the board shall declare the road a county road and open it.
(2) (a) If any award of damages provided for in 7-14-2607 is not accepted within 20 days after the date of the award, it shall be deemed rejected by the owner.
(b) The board shall by order direct that proceedings to procure the right-of-way be instituted under Title 70, chapter 30 by the county attorney against all nonaccepting landowners.
(c) In such proceedings it shall be made to appear that the board shall have declared by resolution that the right-of-way was necessary and desirable.

Legislative History

(1)En. Sec. 8-206, Ch. 197, L. 1965; Sec. 32-4006, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 8-207, Ch. 197, L. 1965; Sec. 32-4007, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4006(3), 32-4007(1), (3).