Montana § 70-30-307 When Payment Of Compensation To Be Made -- Deposit Of Bond

Montana Statutes

§ 70-30-307 — When Payment Of Compensation To Be Made -- Deposit Of Bond

Montana § 70-30-307

Title 70PROPERTY

Ch. 30EMINENT DOMAIN

Part 3Hearing, Judgment, and Subsequent Proceedings

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 70-30-307 (2026).

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70-30-307 . When payment of compensation to be made -- deposit of bond. In a proceeding for condemnation for a railroad, the condemnor shall within 30 days after final judgment pay the sum of money assessed but may at the time of or before the payment elect to build any required fences and cattle guards. A condemnor who elects to build the required fences and cattle guards shall execute to the condemnee a bond with sureties to be approved by the court, in double the assessed cost of the fences and cattle guards, conditioned upon building the fences and cattle guards within 8 months from the time the railroad is built on the land taken. If the bond is given, the condemnor is not required to pay the cost of the fences and cattle guards. In an action on the bond, the condemnee may recover rea

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70-30-307 . When payment of compensation to be made -- deposit of bond. In a proceeding for condemnation for a railroad, the condemnor shall within 30 days after final judgment pay the sum of money assessed but may at the time of or before the payment elect to build any required fences and cattle guards. A condemnor who elects to build the required fences and cattle guards shall execute to the condemnee a bond with sureties to be approved by the court, in double the assessed cost of the fences and cattle guards, conditioned upon building the fences and cattle guards within 8 months from the time the railroad is built on the land taken. If the bond is given, the condemnor is not required to pay the cost of the fences and cattle guards. In an action on the bond, the condemnee may recover reasonable attorney fees.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 593, p. 194, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 593, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 611, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2226, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7346, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9949, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1251; re-en. Sec. 9949, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-9917; amd. Sec. 72, Ch. 125, L. 2001.