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MT Code § 81-7-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-114. Certificate and record of sheriff

  81-7-114. Certificate and record of sheriff. (1) Upon receiving the affidavit required pursuant to 81-7-113, the officer shall deliver to the person claiming a bounty a certificate addressed to the county clerk of the officer's county and immediately deliver to the county clerk a duplicate of the certificate, showing the date, number, and kind of skins marked for severing and the name of the person presenting the skins. The certificate must also recite that the filing of the affidavits required by 81-7-113 has been done and the examination of the skins has been made as required. The certificate must be signed by the officer in the officer's official capacity. Each sheriff shall keep a record of all skins marked and severed, showing the date, number, and kinds and the names of the persons presenting the skins. This record is an official record. The sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff may not perform any duties under 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122 except at the county seat.   (2) The sheriff shall, not later than the 15th of each month, give to the county clerk and recorder a report setting forth the names of the persons presenting skins, with the number of the certificate and the kind and number of the skins presented. The sheriff shall report for each certificate issued during the month.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 152, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1907(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 214, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 234, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 81-7-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-115. Duty of county clerk

  81-7-115. Duty of county clerk. (1) The county clerk shall, on receipt of each certificate, file the certificate in the order in which it is received and safely keep it until the arrival of the skin or skins mentioned in the certificate. On receipt of the skin or skins, the county clerk shall call upon either the county treasurer or, in the treasurer's absence, the clerk of the district court who, with both present in order to prevent fraud, shall examine each scalp or mountain lion lower jaw skin. If the examination discloses that the scalps or lower jaw skins agree with the number and kind of scalps or lower jaw skins mentioned in the certificate, the county clerk shall, in the presence of the treasurer or clerk of the district court, destroy the scalps or lower jaw skins by fire.   (2) The county clerk shall then make out and deliver to the person named in that certificate a second certificate showing the statement of the facts contained in the certificate to the sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, with the additional statement of the examination made by the clerk and that the clerk found the scalps or lower jaw skins to agree with the number and kind mentioned in the certificate of the sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff. A bounty certificate may not be issued by the county clerk for more scalps or lower jaw skins than are actually received and counted.   (3) For each scalp or skin of a mountain lion lower jaw accounted for, the county clerk must receive the sum of 5 cents to be paid quarterly by the state treasurer out of the bounty fund.   (4) The county clerk shall keep a record of all certificates received and issued, showing the date and description of the number and kind of hides and the names of the persons presenting the hides, and this record is an official record. County clerks are required to send a report and statement to the department on or before the 20th of each month.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 152, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1907(3); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 14, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2670, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-7-116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-116. Bounty claims and certificates to be filed with department

  81-7-116. Bounty claims and certificates to be filed with department. Bounty claims and certificates issued by the county clerk and recorders under 81-7-115 shall be filed with the department and registered in a book provided for that purpose.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.7, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 153, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1908.
MT Code § 81-7-117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-117. Department to examine claims and certificates -- approval or disapproval of claims

  81-7-117. Department to examine claims and certificates -- approval or disapproval of claims. The department shall examine and investigate every bounty claim and certificate filed with the department. When it makes the examination and investigation, the department may require the holder of a certificate or claim to furnish the department with the additional evidence or proof about the certificate or claim which the department considers necessary. The evidence may be either oral or documented, as required by the department. The department shall, after making the examination and investigation, endorse on the certificate or claim its approval or disapproval of it, and if the certificate or claim or any part of it is disapproved, the endorsement shall state the reasons for the disapproval. If a certificate or claim is approved, it shall be processed as provided by law.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 97, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 154, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1909.
MT Code § 81-7-118 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-118. Fee for purpose of paying bounty claims -- limitation on fee

  81-7-118. Fee for purpose of paying bounty claims -- limitation on fee. The department of revenue shall annually prescribe the fee recommended by the department to be assessed against livestock of all classes for paying for the destruction of predatory animals killed in this state. The money received must be used only for the payment of claims approved by the department for the destruction of predatory animals and for the administration of 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122. The money received for the fees imposed must be sent annually to the department of revenue by the county treasurer of each county. When the money is received by the department of revenue, it must be placed in the state special revenue fund and may then be paid out on claims approved under the law governing the payment of claims.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.13, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 97, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 101, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 156, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1914; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 244, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 214, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 257, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 235, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 81-7-119 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-119. Repealed

  81-7-119. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 214, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 3075, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1909, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3414, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3414, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 97, Ch. 147, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1901; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 14, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-7-120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-120. Use of funds remaining after payment of bounties -- sale of furs, skins, and specimens -- presentation to museums

  81-7-120. Use of funds remaining after payment of bounties -- sale of furs, skins, and specimens -- presentation to museums. (1) If, at the end of a bounty paying season, there is surplus money available for the administration of 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122, the surplus may be used to hire salaried hunters and trappers to hunt and trap predatory animals and to purchase and supply poison to be used for a poison campaign on predatory animals.   (2) All furs, skins, and specimens taken by hunters or trappers whose salaries are paid in whole or in part out of this money must be sold by the department, and the proceeds from these sales must be credited to the state special revenue fund. These funds must be used to carry out 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122. Specimens may be presented free of charge to a state museum or institution.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.11, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 100, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 155, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1912; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 214, L. 1997.
MT Code § 81-7-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-121. Falsifying certificates or affidavits -- penalty

  81-7-121. Falsifying certificates or affidavits -- penalty. A person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any of the certificates or orders and any person who falsely swears to any affidavit provided for by 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122 or procures the same act to be done by another, with the intent of obtaining any one of the certificates or orders, is punishable as provided in Title 45.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.12, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1913; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 14, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 214, L. 1997.
MT Code § 81-7-122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-122. Penalty for fraudulent claims

  81-7-122. Penalty for fraudulent claims. A person who patches up a skin or scalp or presents a punched or patched skin or scalp or who brings in any skin or skins from other states or territories with the intent to fraudulently obtain a bounty or an officer who signs a certificate without first counting and examining the skins to determine the kind of skins and to see that the skin from the scalp or head is properly severed and preserved or a person who evades or violates any provision of law of the state of Montana relative to bounties or bounty claims shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year or both. Two-thirds of the fine must be given to the person, if any, reporting the evasion or violation and the balance must be deposited in the state special revenue fund and used for the administration of 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.14, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 102, Ch. 147, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 214, L. 1997.
MT Code § 81-7-123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 1. Predatory Animal Control|81-7-123. Voluntary wolf mitigation account

  81-7-123. Voluntary wolf mitigation account. (1) There is a voluntary wolf mitigation account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. The account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, and must be used pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.   (2) The voluntary wolf mitigation account is funded by private donations. State agencies shall, as appropriate, facilitate private donations to the account, including but not limited to the following methods:   (a) a donation by a person of $1 or more above the price of a wildlife conservation license purchased pursuant to 87-2-202 or the price of a combination license that includes a conservation license; and   (b) a donation by a person, as defined in 2-4-102, through the websites of the department of livestock and the department of fish, wildlife, and parks.   (3) The department of livestock shall use the money collected pursuant to this section to contract for wolf management with the United States department of agriculture wildlife services, including but not limited to flight time, collaring, and lethal control of wolves.   (4) Funds collected pursuant to this section and paid by the department of livestock to the United States department of agriculture wildlife services are in addition to and not a substitute for any funds paid by the department to the United States department of agriculture wildlife services under any contract in effect on July 1, 2019.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 434, L. 2019.
MT Code § 81-7-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-201. County fee for bounties on predatory animals -- definition

  81-7-201. County fee for bounties on predatory animals -- definition. (1) Whenever the owners or agents of the owners of not less than 51% of the livestock of any county in this state present a petition to the board of county commissioners asking for the imposition of a fee upon the livestock of the county for the purpose of paying bounties on predatory animals killed in the county, the board of county commissioners shall impose the fee on all livestock in the county. The fee must remain in effect until a subsequent petition is submitted to modify or eliminate the fee.   (2) The board of county commissioners shall determine the dollar amount of the bounty to be paid on each predatory animal.   (3) The board of county commissioners may appoint bounty inspectors in addition to those provided for in 81-7-112.   (4) (a) Except as provided in subsection (4)(b), for the purposes of this part, "predatory animal" has the meaning provided in 81-7-101.   (b) The term does not include species managed or protected subject to Title 87.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2082, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2082, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5216; amd. Sec. 236, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 78, L. 2017.
MT Code § 81-7-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-202. Repealed

  81-7-202. Repealed. Sec. 5, Ch. 78, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2083, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 2083, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5217; amd. Sec. 237, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 297, L. 2007.
MT Code § 81-7-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-203. County bounty fund

  81-7-203. County bounty fund. The tax collected under this part must be credited by the county treasurer to a fund to be known as "county bounty fund" and must be paid out by the treasurer upon properly drawn warrants issued on the fund by the county clerk.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2084, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2084, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5218; amd. Sec. 2671, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-7-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-204. Presentation of skins -- affidavit

  81-7-204. Presentation of skins -- affidavit. A person claiming bounty on a predatory animal under this part shall present the green skin or pelt of the animal, with all four feet attached, to one of the bounty inspectors provided for in 81-7-112 or 81-7-201 and shall make an affidavit that the animal was killed within the county where the bounty is claimed. The affidavit must be corroborated by at least two reputable stockowners of the county to the effect that they know or have good cause to believe that the animal was killed within that county. For the purpose of this part, each bounty inspector is empowered to administer oaths. The bounty inspector shall endorse upon the affidavit the inspector's approval or disapproval of the claim and shall cut from the skin or pelt the four feet. The person applying for the bounty shall then present the affidavit, with the endorsements, to the county auditor or, in counties not having an auditor, to the county clerk, who shall attach the affidavit to a claim against the county bounty fund and present it to the board of county commissioners for action, the same as any other claim against the county.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2085, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2085, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5219; amd. Sec. 2672, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 78, L. 2017.
MT Code § 81-7-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-205. County clerk to provide forms

  81-7-205. County clerk to provide forms. The county clerk shall provide the necessary forms of affidavits and claims for carrying out the provisions of this part.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2086, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2086, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5220.
MT Code § 81-7-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 2. County Bounty Program|81-7-206. Existing bounty laws not affected

  81-7-206. Existing bounty laws not affected. Nothing in this part contained shall be construed as interfering with, in any way, or repealing any part of the existing laws of the state relative to the levying of taxes for and paying of the bounties on predatory animals under such state laws.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 180, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2087, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2087, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5221.
MT Code § 81-7-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 3. County Predator Control for Protection of Sheep|81-7-301. Definition

  81-7-301. Definition. The word "owners" or "persons" shall include natural persons, partnerships, corporations, trusts, and estates.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 206, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2102(part).
MT Code § 81-7-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 3. County Predator Control for Protection of Sheep|81-7-302. County commissioners to conduct predatory animal control program for protection of sheep

  81-7-302. County commissioners to conduct predatory animal control program for protection of sheep. For the protection of sheep against depredations peculiar to such animals, the board of county commissioners of any county shall upon the recommendation of organized associations of sheep growers in the county have power, either alone or in conjunction with other counties, to conduct a predatory animal control program for the protection of sheep in such county or counties.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 206, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2101.
MT Code § 81-7-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 3. County Predator Control for Protection of Sheep|81-7-303. County commissioners permitted to require per capita license fee on sheep

  81-7-303. County commissioners permitted to require per capita license fee on sheep. (1) To defray the expense of protection, the board of county commissioners of a county may require all owners or persons in possession of a sheep 1 year of age or older in the county on the regular assessment date of each year as provided in 15-24-903 to pay a per capita license fee in an amount to be determined by the board. All owners or persons in possession of a sheep 1 year of age or older coming into the county after the regular assessment date and subject to the per capita levy under the provisions of Title 15, chapter 24, part 9, are subject to payment of the license fee.   (2) Upon the order of the board of county commissioners, the license fees may be imposed by entering the name of the licensee upon the assessment record of the county by the department of revenue. The license fees are payable to and must be collected by the county treasurer. When levied, the fees are a lien upon the property, both real and personal, of the licensee. If the person against whom the license fee is levied does not own real estate against which the license fee is or may become a lien, then the license fee is payable immediately upon its levy and the treasurer shall collect the fee in the manner provided by law for the collection of personal property taxes that are not a lien upon real estate.   (3) When collected, the fees must be placed in the predatory animal control fund and the fund may be expended on order of the board of county commissioners of the county for predatory animal control, including bounties paid pursuant to Title 81, chapter 7, part 2. Interest earned on money in the fund must be deposited in the fund.   (4) Money from any source may be deposited in the predatory animal control fund provided for in this section to carry out the provisions of this part.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 206, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2102(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 153, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 285, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 12, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 176, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 78, L. 2017.
MT Code § 81-7-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control|Part 3. County Predator Control for Protection of Sheep|81-7-304. Proceeds of furs and skins taken

  81-7-304. Proceeds of furs and skins taken. All furs, skins, and so forth taken by the expenditure of license funds shall be sold and the proceeds of such sale deposited in said predatory animal control fund for the use in carrying out the purpose of this part.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 206, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2103.