Montana Title 81. Livestock § 81-9-111. Hide certificates--inspection of hides before disposal--person slaughtering cattle or horses to exhibit hides

(1) A person or persons, firm, corporation, or association slaughtering cattle or horses for its own use shall before selling, destroying, or otherwise disposing of the hide or hides from the cattle or horses have the hide or hides inspected by an officer authorized to make the inspection and secure a certificate of inspection as provided for in this part.

(2) A person or persons, firm, corporation, or association may not sell, offer for sale, destroy, or otherwise dispose of a hide or hides from slaughtered cattle or horses that have not been inspected and identified by an authorized inspector.

(3) It is the duty of a person or persons, firm, corporation, or association slaughtering cattle or horses for personal use or otherwise, upon demand of an authorized inspector, to exhibit for inspection the cattle or horse hide or hides, a certificate issued by a hide buyer, or evidence of inspection by an authorized inspector.