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Mont. Code Ann. § 87-4-407 (2026)

License Required -- Moratorium -- Penalty -- Seizure Of Illegally Possessed Animals

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TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 4. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Part 4. Alternative Livestock Ranches

License Required -- Moratorium -- Penalty -- Seizure Of Illegally Possessed Animals

87-4-407. License required -- moratorium -- penalty -- seizure of illegally possessed animals. (1) A person may not operate an alternative livestock ranch in this state without having first obtained an alternative livestock ranch license from the department prior to November 7, 2000. A person may not apply for or be granted a license after that date.

(2) A person who operates an alternative livestock ranch without a license or possesses, transports, buys, or sells animals whose importation into the state is restricted pursuant to 87-4-424 is subject to the penalties provided in 87-6-705.

(3) Any animal held in violation of subsection (2) or otherwise illegally possessed may be immediately seized by the department and is subject to disposal by the department. Costs of seizure may be charged to the person in possession of the animal.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 570, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 315, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 574, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2000; amd. Sec. 1, I.M. No. 143, approved Nov. 7, 2000; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 258, L. 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2008 · leading case: Kafka v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 2008 MT 460, 201 P.3d 8.
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Kafka v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 2008 MT 460, 201 P.3d 8. “Persons wishing to operate a game farm were still required to obtain a license, see §§ 87-4-407, -409, MCA; however, once obtained, renewal of the license was a matter of right “upon payment of the renewal fee if the licensee has not violated any provision under which *119 the…”
Wallace v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 889 P.2d 817 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 3× “Section 87-4-407(1), MCA; see State ex rel.”
Kafka v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 2008 MT 460. “Persons wishing to operate a game farm were still required to obtain a license, see §§ 87-4-407, -409, MCA; however, once obtained, renewal of the license was a matter of right "upon payment of the renewal fee if the licensee has not violated any provision under which the…”
Mont. Code Ann. § 87-4-407(1): 1 case
Wallace v. Montana Dep't of Fish, 889 P.2d 817 (Mont. 1995). “Section 87-4-407(1), MCA; see State ex rel.”
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