Permit for burning required
(1) During the wildfire season or an expansion of the wildfire season, a person may not ignite or set a fire, including a slash-burning fire, land-clearing fire, debris-burning fire, or, except as provided in subsection (2), an open fire without an official written permit to ignite or set the fire from the recognized agency for that protection area.
(2) (a) If no restrictions are in place, a permit is not needed for recreational fires measuring less than 48 inches in diameter that are surrounded by a nonflammable area or structure and for which a suitable source of extinguishing the fire is available.
(b) A recreational fire may not be ignited if special restrictions prohibiting recreational fires have been established by an authority having jurisdiction.
(1) During the wildfire season or an expansion of the wildfire season, a person may not ignite or set a fire, including a slash-burning fire, land-clearing fire, debris-burning fire, or, except as provided in subsection (2), an open fire without an official written permit to ignite or set the fire from the recognized agency for that protection area.
(1) (a) A person may not conduct a prescribed fire, as defined in 76-13-903, without an official written permit to ignite or set the prescribed fire from the recognized agency for that protection area.
(b) During the wildfire season or an expansion of the wildfire season, a person may not ignite or set a fire, including a slash-burning fire, land-clearing fire, debris-burning fire, or, except as provided in subsection (2), an open fire without an official written permit to ignite or set the fire from the recognized agency for that protection area.
(2) (a) If no restrictions are in place, a permit is not needed for recreational fires measuring less than 48 inches in diameter that are surrounded by a nonflammable area or structure and for which a suitable source of extinguishing the fire is available.
(b) A recreational fire may not be ignited if special restrictions prohibiting recreational fires have been established by an authority having jurisdiction.
Permit for burning required
Temporary
Permit for burning required
Effective on occurrence of contingency
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 14, ChapterCh. 128, Laws ofL. 1939 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 11, ChapterCh. 253, Laws ofL. 1974 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 7, ChapterCh. 397, Laws ofL. 1977 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 28-114 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 10, ChapterCh. 336, Laws ofL. 2007 (SB 145 - Shockley, Jim (R) SD 45) |