Montana Title 77. State Lands § 77-1-1114. Notice required

(1) Before July 1, 2016, the department shall provide notice of the requirements of this part to owners of property adjacent to rivers that were navigable rivers on October 1, 2011, and provide notice pursuant to subsection (3).

(2) For a river determined to be a navigable river after October 1, 2011, the department shall provide notice of the requirements of this part to owners of property adjacent to the navigable river within 6 months of the determination that the river is navigable. The 5-year period pursuant to 77-1-1112 begins when the department issues this notice and publishes the notice required in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The department shall publish notice of navigable rivers and the requirements of this part twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the navigable river.