Montana § 70-16-207 Occupant Of Land Adjoining Enclosure Of Another -- When Required To Share Expense Of Partition Fence

Montana Statutes

§ 70-16-207 — Occupant Of Land Adjoining Enclosure Of Another -- When Required To Share Expense Of Partition Fence

Montana § 70-16-207

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. § 70-16-207 (2026).

Text

70-16-207 . Occupant of land adjoining enclosure of another -- when required to share expense of partition fence. If any occupant of land adjoining the enclosure of another encloses the land, upon the enclosure of the other person, the occupant shall within 3 months build the occupant's proportion of the partition fence or refund to the owner of the fence an equal proportion of the value, at that time, of any partition fence of the adjoining occupant.

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70-16-207 . Occupant of land adjoining enclosure of another -- when required to share expense of partition fence. If any occupant of land adjoining the enclosure of another encloses the land, upon the enclosure of the other person, the occupant shall within 3 months build the occupant's proportion of the partition fence or refund to the owner of the fence an equal proportion of the value, at that time, of any partition fence of the adjoining occupant.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1115, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3254, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2086, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6779, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6779, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-804; amd. Sec. 2123, Ch. 56, L. 2009.