81-4-506. Sale of abandoned horses. All abandoned horses taken up in a roundup must be delivered to the roundup supervisor in charge of the roundup and must be offered by the supervisor for sale at public auction and sold to the highest bidder for cash, if there is any bidder, and any abandoned horses offered for sale and for which no bid is made must be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the discretion of the board of county commissioners unless reclaimed as provided in this part.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 140, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 29, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 3406.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1805(part); amd. Sec. 2660, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock
Part 5. Roundup of Abandoned Horses
81-4-503. Roundup of abandoned horses -- petition -- expenses
81-4-504. Notice of holding roundup -- publication -- form
81-4-505. Roundup supervisor -- duties -- bond
81-4-506. Sale of abandoned horses
81-4-507. Gathering horses in roundup district before roundup unlawful -- rights of owner
81-4-508. Claim of owner -- cost of keeping and feeding horses
81-4-509. Proof of ownership -- payment of taxes and penalties -- decision of commissioners on claim
81-4-510. Notice of sale of abandoned horses -- form -- time of sale -- title
81-4-511. Assessment of horses taken in roundup
81-4-512. Disposition of proceeds -- abandoned horse fund -- use of fund
81-4-513. Report of roundup supervisor -- disposition of copies
81-4-514. Transfer of moneys of abandoned horse fund to general fund