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TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2. CREATION, ALTERATION, AND ABANDONMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities
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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-2-4103

Prerequisites to organization of municipality

No municipal corporation may be formed unless:

(1) (a) the number of inhabitants is 300 or upwards; or

(b) the community was a townsite owned and built by the U.S. government prior to April 3, 1981; and

(2) the boundary of the proposed territory to be incorporated is more than 3 miles from the boundary, measured from the nearest point between the two, of any presently incorporated city or town or there is presented to the board appropriate evidence that any presently incorporated city or town within 3 miles which legally could annex has refused to annex the proposed territory.

Official Annotations
History:
En. Sec. 315, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887
Re-en. Sec. 4720, Pol. C. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 3208, Rev. C. 1907
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1909
Re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1921
Re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1935
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1973
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1973
R.C.M. 1947, 11-203(part)
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 255, L. 1981
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