Montana Title 81. Livestock § 81-2-210. Compensation from federal government or other agency

(1) If the federal government or an agency other than the state compensates the owner for livestock or property destroyed by order of the department, the amount of the compensation from the federal government or other agency must be deducted from the owner's claim as filed against the state, that is, from the balance that remains after the net salvage price received from the sale or other disposal of the condemned animal has been deducted from the appraised value.

(2) If the owner or agent of the livestock or property destroyed by order of the department forfeits an indemnity, which the owner would otherwise be entitled to from the federal government or compensating agency other than the state, by violation of the rules of the federal government or other agency, an amount equal to the indemnity, which would have been paid by the federal government or other indemnifying agency but for the forfeiture must also be deducted from the owner's claim; that is, the balance that remains after the net salvage price received from the sale or other disposal of the condemned animal has been deducted from the appraised value.