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Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-14-2608. Effect of acceptance or rejection of award of damages

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) If all awards are accepted, the board shall declare the road a county road and open it.

(2)(a) If any award of damages provided for in 7-14-2607 is not accepted within 20 days after the date of the award, it shall be deemed rejected by the owner.

(b) The board shall by order direct that proceedings to procure the right-of-way be instituted under Title 70, chapter 30 by the county attorney against all nonaccepting landowners.

(c) In such proceedings it shall be made to appear that the board shall have declared by resolution that the right-of-way was necessary and desirable.

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