Montana § 15-24-204 - Failure To Display Or Produce Declaration, Sticker, Or Receipt -- Penalty

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§ 15-24-204. Failure To Display Or Produce Declaration, Sticker, Or Receipt -- Penalty

Failure to display or produce declaration, sticker, or receipt -- penalty. (1) Whoever makes a false or fraudulent declaration of destination or, when required, fails to execute a declaration of destination or fails to display or produce a declaration of destination or tax-paid receipt, if a tax-paid receipt is required, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not more than $500, or both. (2) Whoever fails to display a property-tax-paid sticker while in the process of moving a mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer or to produce a property-tax-paid receipt from 15 days after the due date for personal property taxes of 1 year to the due date for personal property taxes of the next year, when the display of a tax-paid receipt is required, commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 or confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days or both a fine and imprisonment.

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 15-24-204 ("Failure To Display Or Produce Declaration, Sticker, Or Receipt -- Penalty") 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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