Montana § 76-16-316 Sale Of Trespassing Livestock

Montana Statutes

§ 76-16-316 — Sale Of Trespassing Livestock

Montana·Title 76 LAND RESOURCES AND USE·Ch. 16 GRAZING DISTRICTS·Part 3 Organization, Administration, and Operation

76-16-316 . Sale of trespassing livestock.

(1)Upon receipt of the statement referred to in 76-16-315 , the sheriff shall proceed to advertise and sell at public auction the livestock taken up.

(2)The livestock must be sold on 5 days' notice posted at the courthouse of each county in which any portion of the state district lies and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The sheriff may require from the state district a sufficient bond, conditioned upon the following:

(a)that the state district has used reasonable diligence to discover the owner of the stock and to notify the owner in the premises;

(b)that all requirements of law on the part of the state district to be performed in the premises have been performed; and

(c)that the sheriff is indemnified against all liabili

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76-16-316 . Sale of trespassing livestock. (1) Upon receipt of the statement referred to in 76-16-315 , the sheriff shall proceed to advertise and sell at public auction the livestock taken up.
(2) The livestock must be sold on 5 days' notice posted at the courthouse of each county in which any portion of the state district lies and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The sheriff may require from the state district a sufficient bond, conditioned upon the following:
(a) that the state district has used reasonable diligence to discover the owner of the stock and to notify the owner in the premises;
(b) that all requirements of law on the part of the state district to be performed in the premises have been performed; and
(c) that the sheriff is indemnified against all liability for the sale of the livestock except as to the sheriff's own failure to perform the things required by law.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 26, Ch. 208, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 199, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 257, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2326(part); amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 401, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 31, L. 2001.