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Montana Title 81. Livestock § 81-1-101. Definitions

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

Unless the context requires otherwise, in Title 81, the following definitions apply:

(1)(a) “Bison” means domestic bison or feral bison.

(b) The term does not include:

(i) wild buffalo or wild bison; or

(ii) for the purposes of chapter 9, buffalo.

(2) “Board” means the board of livestock provided for in 2-15-3102, except as provided in Title 81, chapter 23.

(3) “Department” means the department of livestock provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 31.

(4) “Domestic bison” means a bison that is not a wild buffalo or wild bison.

(5) “Feral bison” means a domestic bison or progeny of a domestic bison that has escaped or been released from captivity and is running at large and unrestrained on public or private land.

(6) “Wild buffalo” or “wild bison” means a bison that:

(a) has not been reduced to captivity;

(b) has never been subject to the per capita fee under 15-24-921;

(c) has never been owned by a person; and

(d) is not the offspring of a bison that has been subject to the per capita fee under 15-24-921.

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