Montana § 23-2-653 - Snowmobile Area Operators -- Duties
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 23-2-653 — Snowmobile Area Operators -- Duties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-2-653. Snowmobile Area Operators -- Duties
Snowmobile area operators -- duties. (1) Consistent with the duty of reasonable care owed by a snowmobile area operator to a snowmobiler, the person responsible for the maintenance of or operation of a snowmobile area shall mark all trail maintenance vehicles and furnish the vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that must be in operation whenever the vehicles are working or are in movement in the snowmobile area. (2) The snowmobile area operator owes a duty of reasonable care, as required by 27-1-701 , to a snowmobiler except for the risks inherent in the sport of snowmobiling. (3) Except as provided in this section, a snowmobile area operator has no duty to eliminate, alter, control, or lessen the risks inherent in the sport of snowmobiling.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 23-2-653 ("Snowmobile Area Operators -- Duties") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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