76-13-212. Duty of landowner to protect against fire. (1) An owner of land shall protect against the starting or existence of fire and shall suppress the spread of fire on that land. This protection and suppression must be in conformity with reasonable rules and standards for adequate fire protection adopted by the department.
(2) (a) The provisions of 76-13-201 apply to an owner of land that is classified as forest land under 76-13-107 and that is within a wildland fire protection district.
(b) If an owner of land does not provide for protection against the starting or existence of fire and for fire suppression and the land does not meet the criteria in subsection (2)(a), the owner may request that the department provide protection as provided in 76-13-105.
History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 336, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 76. Land Resources and Use
Part 2. Provision of Fire Protection Services
76-13-201. Costs for protection from fire
76-13-202. Means by which department may provide protection
76-13-203. Extension of wildfire season
76-13-204. Creation, annexation of land into, and dissolution of wildland fire protection districts
76-13-205. Determination of boundaries of district
76-13-206. What constitutes compliance with duty to protect against fire
76-13-207. Determination and collection of costs of fire protection
76-13-208. Nature of assessments for wildland fire protection
76-13-209. Disposition of assessments
76-13-210. Payment under protest
76-13-211. Amount due for protection treated as lien
76-13-212. Duty of landowner to protect against fire
76-13-213. Formula to set landowner assessments for fire protection
76-13-214. Obstruction of aerial wildfire suppression effort -- penalty -- exceptions