Montana § 70-16-206 Partition Fences Required -- Adjoining Lands Previously Enclosed

Montana Statutes

§ 70-16-206 — Partition Fences Required -- Adjoining Lands Previously Enclosed

Montana § 70-16-206

Title 70PROPERTY

Ch. 16RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INCIDENTAL TO OWNERSHIP IN REAL PROPERTY

Part 2Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 70-16-206 (2026).

Text

70-16-206 . Partition fences required -- adjoining lands previously enclosed. The occupants of adjoining lands enclosed with fences must build and maintain partition fences between their own and the next adjoining enclosure in equal shares so long as both continue to enclose the same, and such partition fence must be kept in good repair throughout the year unless the occupants otherwise mutually agree.

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70-16-206 . Partition fences required -- adjoining lands previously enclosed. The occupants of adjoining lands enclosed with fences must build and maintain partition fences between their own and the next adjoining enclosure in equal shares so long as both continue to enclose the same, and such partition fence must be kept in good repair throughout the year unless the occupants otherwise mutually agree.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1114, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 3253, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2085, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6778, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6778, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-803.