Montana § 82-2-202 Road Or Ditch Right-Of-Way

Montana Statutes

§ 82-2-202 — Road Or Ditch Right-Of-Way

Montana § 82-2-202

Title 82MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

Ch. 2MINING GENERALLY

Part 2Rights-of-Way and Eminent Domain

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Mont. Code Ann. § 82-2-202 (2026).

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82-2-202 . Road or ditch right-of-way. Whenever a mine or mining claim is so situated that it cannot be conveniently worked without a road thereto or a ditch to convey water thereto or a ditch or a cut to convey the water therefrom or without a flume to carry water and tailings therefrom or without a shaft or tunnel thereto, which road, ditch, cut, flume, or tunnel must necessarily pass over, under, through, or across any lands or mining claims owned or occupied by another, such owner is entitled to a right-of-way for said road, ditch, cut, flume, shaft, or tunnel over, under, through, and across the lands or mining claims belonging to another, upon compliance with the provisions of this part.

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82-2-202 . Road or ditch right-of-way. Whenever a mine or mining claim is so situated that it cannot be conveniently worked without a road thereto or a ditch to convey water thereto or a ditch or a cut to convey the water therefrom or without a flume to carry water and tailings therefrom or without a shaft or tunnel thereto, which road, ditch, cut, flume, or tunnel must necessarily pass over, under, through, or across any lands or mining claims owned or occupied by another, such owner is entitled to a right-of-way for said road, ditch, cut, flume, shaft, or tunnel over, under, through, and across the lands or mining claims belonging to another, upon compliance with the provisions of this part.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, p. 597, Cod. Stat. 1871, on Jan. 12, 1872; re-en. Sec. 887, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 1496, Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. and re-en. Sec. 3631, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2298, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7383, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7383, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 50-802.