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Mont. Code Ann. § 81-4-210 (2026)

Only Purebred Bulls To Run At Large -- Limitation On Time

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TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER 4. CONTAINMENT OF LIVESTOCK

Part 2. Animals Unlawfully Running at Large

Only Purebred Bulls To Run At Large -- Limitation On Time

81-4-210. Only purebred bulls to run at large -- limitation on time. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation to turn upon or allow to run at large on the public highways, open range, or national forest reserve within the state of Montana any bull other than a purebred bull of a recognized beef type; and no bull shall be turned upon or allowed to run at large upon any such public highways, open range, or national forest reserve between December 1 and June 1 of each and every year.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1917; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 3403, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3403, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1716.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2000 · leading case: State ex rel. Martin v. Finley, 738 P.2d 497 (Mont. 1987).
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State ex rel. Martin v. Finley, 738 P.2d 497 (Mont. 1987). · cites it 8× “Also, in a finding relevant to a separate issue on appeal, the court found that the Finleys owned a bull which was not certified as purebred and therefore could not, pursuant to Section 81-4-210, MCA, run at large. The Finleys responded with a motion to dissolve the preliminary…”
Larson-Murphy v. Steiner, 2000 MT 334, 15 P.3d 1205. · cites it 4× “See § 81-4-201, MCA (prohib *112 iting swine, sheep, llamas, alpacas, bison, ostriches, rheas, emus, and goats from “running at large”); § 81-4-204, MCA (prohibiting male equine from running at large on the open range); § 81-4-210, MCA (prohibiting any kind of bull that is not…”
Read v. Buckner, 514 F. Supp. 281 (D. Mont. 1981). “The purpose of the Act of March 6, 1895, is not as self-evident as is the purpose of MCA § 81-4-210 prohibiting non-purebred bulls from running at large.”
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