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Montana Title 76. Land Resources and Use § 76-16-316. Sale of trespassing livestock

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

(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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