Table of Contents TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC REGULATION Part 3. Vehicle Operating Requirements
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Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-341

(2011)

Vehicle entering through highway -- definition

(1) The operator of a vehicle shall stop as required by 61-8-344 at the entrance to a through highway and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles that are approaching close enough on the through highway to constitute an immediate hazard. Once the operator has yielded, the operator may proceed and the operators of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on the through highway shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle proceeding into or across the through highway.

(2) As used in this section, "through highway" means a highway or portion of a highway at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing and when stop signs are erected as provided in this chapter.

Opinions construing this section

3 opinions
2026 MT 89 Apr 28, 2026 Affirmed
Murray v. Steinmetz
Majority by Beth Baker · 5 to 0
d 348. There, the district court denied Spinler’s motion for partial summary 9 judgment, which argued that because Allen was the disfavored vehicle under § 61-8-341(1), MCA, Allen violated her duty to yield and was negligent as a matter of law. Spinler, ¶¶ 10-11. This Court concluded that Spinler failed to provide evidence that
2017 MT 51N Mar 7, 2017 Affirmed
State v. Volbrecht
Majority by Jim Rice · 5 to 0
t of the motor vehicle is or has been engaged in wrongdoing or was a witness to criminal activity.” Massey, ¶ 9 (internal citations and quotations omitted). Section 61-8-341(1), MCA, mandates that vehicles entering highways “shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles that are approaching close enough on the through highway to constit
2007 MT 50N Feb 21, 2007 Affirmed
City of Kalispell v. Brentwood
Majority by Patricia Cotter · 5 to 0
21, 2005, Brentwood was convicted of the following offenses: (1) failing to yield the right-of-way at the entrance to a “through highway,” in violation of § 61-8-341(1), MCA; (2) failing to remain at the scene of the accident, in violation of § 61-7-104(1), MCA; and (3) operating his motor vehicle without a valid policy of liabili
Official Annotations archive.org, 2011 edition
History:
En. Sec. 69, Ch. 263, L. 1955
Amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 169, L. 1957
R.C.M. 1947, 32-2172
Amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 352, L. 2003 (HB 105 - Olson, Bernie (R) HD 76)
Amd. Sec. 200, Ch. 542, L. 2005 (SB 285 - Story, Bob (R) SD 30)
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