Montana Title 50. Health and Safety § 50-63-104. Liability for forest or range fires

(a) the reasonable costs for controlling or extinguishing the forest or range fire;

(b) economic damages; and

(c) either:

(a) “economic damages” means objectively verifiable monetary loss, including but not limited to out-of-pocket expenses, loss of earnings, loss of use of property, and loss of business or employment opportunities;

(b) “fair market value” means the amount a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm's-length transaction when both parties are fully informed about all of the advantages and disadvantages of the property and neither is acting under any compulsion to buy or sell, as determined by a certified appraiser who is qualified to appraise the property;

(c) “forest or range fire” means a fire that burns any unimproved real property located outside of an incorporated municipality, regardless of whether there are improvements also affected by the fire and regardless of whether the fire also burns property within an incorporated municipality.