Montana § 27-30-304 - Liability For Private Nuisance
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 27-30-304 — Liability For Private Nuisance, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-30-304. Liability For Private Nuisance
Liability for private nuisance. (1) A person may be subject to a private nuisance cause of action only if that person, or the person's agent, proximately caused the private nuisance or, if that person is not available for a private nuisance lawsuit or cannot satisfy a private nuisance judgment, the person who owns or controls the real property where the private nuisance exists. (2) Every successive owner or controller of real property who neglects to abate a continuing private nuisance upon or in the use of the property that was created under previous ownership is liable for the private nuisance in the same manner as the one who owned or controlled the real property when the private nuisance was created.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-30-304 ("Liability For Private Nuisance") 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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