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🔥 Fire Regulations
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a small recreational fire needs no permit from March 1 through November 30 if it stays within three feet in diameter and two feet in height. From…
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, open burning from March 1 through November 30 needs a county open burn permit before any fire is lit, burn barrels are totally prohibited, and the fire…
Fireworks
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, possessing for sale, selling or offering fireworks for sale is prohibited, and discharging fireworks needs a permit, including in county enclaves…
🔊 Noise Ordinances
Quiet Hours
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, the noise article sets clock windows by season instead of one nightly quiet hour. Outdoor gatherings that need no permit are authorized from 6:00 a.m…
Leaf Blower Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, leaf blowers and snow blowers are authorized from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from October 1 through March 30 and from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. from April 1…
Construction Hours
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, construction noise between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. must not exceed 60dB(A) at the property line of an immediately adjacent property. The director of…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, it is unlawful to own, keep or harbor an animal that by frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing, squawking or other noise disturbs a normally…
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, it is unlawful to use a radio, boombox, musical instrument or any sound-producing device in a way that disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of a…
Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a motor vehicle on a street must carry a muffler in good working order and in constant operation, and using a muffler cutout is unlawful. Horn abuse…
Aircraft Noise
Few RestrictionsMontanaAircraft noise in Montana is governed almost entirely by federal law under the Federal Aviation Act and FAA regulations. State and local authorities generally cannot regulate flight…
🚗 Parking Rules
Abandoned Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, it is unlawful to leave a rusted, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperative or abandoned vehicle on private property for more than 72 hours…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a vehicle in a marked loading zone must be loading or unloading passengers or handling materials, and the stay cannot exceed 30 minutes unless the…
Preferential Parking Districts
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, parking on streets in the Montana State University residential district is unlawful from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no one can stop, stand or park in front of a public or private driveway, on a sidewalk, within an intersection, on a crosswalk, or within 15 feet of a…
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no one can park a commercial vehicle on any street for longer than one hour, except while lawfully and continuously loading or unloading. The code…
Towing & Impound Rights
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana regulates who may tow far more tightly than what they may charge. The Professional Tow Trucks part, Mont. Code Ann. §§ 61-8-901 through 61-8-920, sets no cap on hookup…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Breed Restrictions
Some RestrictionsThe City of Bozeman, Montana defines a dangerous animal by conduct, not by breed. Bozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.010(A)(7) covers any animal that attacks, bites or injures without…
Cat Rules
Some RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.020(B) requires every person keeping a cat over six months of age in the City of Bozeman, Montana to register and number it annually with the department…
Exotic Pets
Significant RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.060 makes it unlawful to own, harbor or keep any exotic animal in the City of Bozeman, Montana without written permission of the city commission, granted…
Pet Limits
Significant RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.050 makes it unlawful to keep more than two each of cats or dogs over six months of age in the City of Bozeman, Montana without a kennel license from the…
Chickens & Livestock
Significant RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.070 lets residents of the City of Bozeman, Montana keep up to 15 hens per permit holder, but only under a city permit, and issuing a permit is a…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 8.02.080 requires dogs on any street, sidewalk, public way, park or other public space in the City of Bozeman, Montana to be on a leash or chain not exceeding…
Beekeeping
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana requires all beekeepers to register hives with the Department of Agriculture annually. The state apiary law preempts local registration mandates and sets disease standards…
Wildlife Feeding
Heavy RestrictionsMontanaMontana state law prohibits intentional or negligent feeding of deer, elk, bears, and other game animals statewide. The rule preempts municipal allowance and applies on private…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Water Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, spray irrigation of landscapes is limited to three assigned days a week based on the property's address and is banned every day between 10:00 a.m. and…
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, the owner or agent of any lot must cut and destroy weeds and vegetation growing on, in front of, or along the property within ten days after the city…
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no person can remove a tree or shrub in the public area without first obtaining a permit and paying the fee set by City Commission resolution. The city…
Tree Trimming
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, branches overhanging a public street must be trimmed to a minimum clearance of 14 feet above the parking lane, and branches over a public sidewalk to…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
ADU Rules
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana SB 528, codified in 2023, requires cities and counties to allow accessory dwelling units on lots zoned for single-family use. Local governments cannot impose owner-occupancy…
Tiny Homes
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana adopts statewide building and residential codes through the Department of Labor and Industry. Tiny houses on foundations follow IRC Appendix Q, while RV-classified tiny homes…
💼 Home Business
Cottage Food Operations
Some RestrictionsMontanaA Montana cottage food operation registers with the local health authority in the county where the home sits, pays a $40 fee set by ARM 37.110.511(7), and is then exempt from retail…
Home Daycare
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana requires state registration or licensure for home-based child care under Title 52, Chapter 2, MCA. The Department of Public Health and Human Services sets capacity, safety, and…
Home Kitchen Operations
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit because it went further. The Montana Local Food Choice Act, Mont. Code Ann. §§ 50-49-201 through 50-49-203, bars every state…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, it is unlawful to put solid waste at the collection point without a suitable container. Bulky waste that does not fit can sit outside the container…
Collection Schedule
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, solid waste collection is weekly. The printed exceptions are 35-gallon totes, collected weekly or monthly depending on need, and dumpsters, collected…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, trash containers are allowed in the street right-of-way only the night before and on the day of collection, and must be stored off the right-of-way the…
Dumpster Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, dumpster collection accounts use a dumpster provided by the city, and all solid waste on those accounts goes in it. Dumpsters are collected daily or…
Illegal Dumping
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, depositing solid waste on another person's property without the owner's or occupant's permission is forbidden. Conviction in municipal court carries a…
Recycling Rules
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, depositing materials that are not identified or listed as acceptable at a recycling receptacle is forbidden, whether the receptacle belongs to the city…
Recycling Requirements
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana sets no recycling mandate for households or businesses. Under Mont. Code Ann. § 75-10-805, only state agencies, the legislature, and the university system must prepare…
🚷 Public Conduct
Loitering Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, loitering or prowling in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals, under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety…
Loud Party Ordinance
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a loud or unruly gathering draws a first-response warning, then fines of $100.00, $250.00 and $500.00 on a rolling 12-month schedule, plus billed…
Public Urination
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no one can publicly urinate or defecate on streets, sidewalks, alleys, parks, parking lots or other places open to the public, including areas open to…
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Few RestrictionsThe City of Bozeman, Montana, bans smoking only in enclosed public places and places of employment. Section 16.07.040 exempts outdoor areas from the smoking article, so the ban does…
Public Alcohol Use
Significant RestrictionsBozeman Municipal Code § 4.04.030 makes public drinking and the public display of open alcoholic beverages unlawful anywhere within the City of Bozeman, Montana city limits. A…
Jaywalking
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, pedestrians must cross by the shortest route, must yield to vehicles when crossing outside a crosswalk, and cannot cross outside a crosswalk in Parts I…
Skateboarding Rules
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, riding a skateboard, rollerblades or roller skates on any sidewalk or roadway in the downtown business district is unlawful. The same devices are…
📢 Noise from Specific Sources
Generator Noise
Some RestrictionsThe City of Bozeman, Montana, does not name generators, but § 16.06.060 bars stationary internal combustion engines from discharging exhaust without a muffler and bars noise-creating…
Delivery Truck Noise
Some RestrictionsIn residential zones of the City of Bozeman, Montana, § 16.06.060 makes it unlawful to sound a vehicle horn or backup beeper except as a warning, and to load, unload or handle crates…
Bar & Nightclub Noise
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a building or place operated in a way that produces repeated disruptive activities, including loud noises in late night or early morning hours, is on…
🔧 Building Safety
Plumbing Permits
Some RestrictionsThe City of Bozeman, Montana adopts the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2009 edition, as provided by ARM 24.301.301 or a successor provision, plus the state plumbing amendments in Subchapter 3…
Building Inspections
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a building official can withhold a certificate of occupancy until a structure conforms to the adopted technical codes and its building permit, and can…
Green Building Code
Some RestrictionsThe City of Bozeman, Montana adopts the International Energy Conservation Code, 2009 edition, as provided by ARM 24.301.161 or a successor provision, as its model code for energy…
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a building permit becomes invalid if work is not commenced within 180 days after issuance or is suspended or abandoned for 180 days. Anyone who starts…
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no wiring can be altered or installed without first notifying the electrical inspector and securing a permit. Work started before the permit is…
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Property Blight
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, any building that meets the International Building Code section 116 definition of an unsafe building, and any imminent life safety hazard, is declared…
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, the owner of land abutting a paved sidewalk must clear snow and ice from it. Business districts have until 9:00 a.m. of the next business day, 12:00…
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a lot that sits unoccupied is held to the same weed nuisance rules as an occupied one. The city engineer can abate the nuisance, with or without…
📋 Code Violation Reporting
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no one can place building materials, trash, debris, snow and ice shoveled from private premises, or any other article on a street, alley, trail, path…
Sidewalk Repair
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, the owner of property abutting and fronting a street or alley must keep the public sidewalk immediately abutting the property in good order and repair…
Encroachment Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, private exclusive use of the downtown public right-of-way needs a permit from the director of transportation and engineering. The permit runs no more…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Sidewalk Dining & Cafés
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, sidewalk dining is a downtown program run by the director of transportation and engineering. Tables and chairs need an annual encroachment permit, a…
Parade Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no one can conduct a parade or public assembly, or use a public facility or right-of-way for non-governmental purposes, without a valid permit from the…
Street Fair Rules
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, the director of transportation and engineering can issue a temporary permit for special events in the downtown business district, such as Crazy Days…
Block Party Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a residential block party that closes a street needs a permit from the city manager. The closure cannot involve an arterial or collector street, must…
Park Event Permits
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, reserving a park or recreational facility means filing an application with the director of parks and recreation at least 15 working days and no more…
🛏️ Homelessness & Encampment Rules
🛴 Mobility & Curb Rules
Bike Lane Rules
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a cyclist on a street rides as near to the right-hand side as practicable, no more than two abreast, and must use an adjacent usable bicycle path…
Shared E-Scooter Rules
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a business whose principal service is renting bicycles or motorized personal transportation devices to the public, including through a mobile app, must…
Golf Carts & Low-Speed Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsMontanaA golf cart may not be driven on any Montana public street or highway unless the county, city or town that controls that road has specifically authorised it by ordinance or regulation…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Stormwater Management
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, every new development and redevelopment project must submit a stormwater management plan or, above five acres, a comprehensive drainage plan to the…
Erosion Control
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, owners and operators of construction sites must stabilize disturbed soil and stockpiles, install sediment controls, and inspect all BMPs at least every…
Flood Zones
Heavy RestrictionsMontanaThe Montana Floodplain and Floodway Management Act (Title 76, Ch. 5, MCA) requires DNRC-approved local floodplain regulations meeting NFIP standards. State minimum standards apply…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Towing Companies
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, police and other authorized city agents can remove a vehicle to the city impound lot or to a location associated with a tow company. The owner pays…
Secondhand Dealers
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, every secondhand dealer must obtain a license under chapter 12, article 2 before doing any business. The dealer files the application with the director…
Pawnbrokers
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, a pawnbroker needs a chapter 12 license and must hold each purchase for ten days after the transaction is uploaded to the police department database…
Tobacco Retail License
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana regulates vapor and tobacco retail under Title 16, chapter 11 (Youth Access to Tobacco Products Control Act). Retailers need a state tobacco license and must verify age…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Juvenile Curfew
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, no minor under 16 can loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in public places between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. official city time. Parents and guardians…
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, parks are open every day of the year, but nobody can be physically present in a park between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. without written permission of the…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, mobile vendors on a sidewalk must keep a clear pedestrian pathway, cannot place chairs, tables or signage on the sidewalk, and can sell only to people…
Food Truck Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, operating a mobile vending unit without a mobile vending license is unlawful, and each unit needs its own license. Applications go to the department of…
Vending Zones
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bozeman, Montana, mobile vendors can operate only in listed zoning districts, including commercial, industrial, public land and several mixed use districts, and never in…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
🌱 Cannabis Regulations
Dispensary Zoning
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana sets statewide licensing for marijuana dispensaries under Title 16, Chapter 12, MCA, including a 500-foot buffer from schools and places of worship. Counties that voted against…
Home Cultivation
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana law (Title 16, Chapter 12, MCA) sets uniform statewide rules for adult-use marijuana home cultivation, allowing limited plants per household. The state framework controls plant…
🚁 Drone Rules
Commercial Drones
Some RestrictionsMontanaCommercial drone pilots in Montana must hold an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. The FAA preempts local flight regulation, while Montana statutes restrict surveillance, evidence…
Recreational Drones
Some RestrictionsMontanaFAA rules govern airspace, while Montana law (MCA 45-8-213, 46-5-109) prohibits drone surveillance of private property and protected uses. Local governments cannot regulate flight, but…
💼 Employment Preemption
Minimum Wage Preemption
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana sets a single statewide minimum wage under MCA 39-3-409, indexed annually to inflation ($10.85 in 2026). No Montana statute authorizes local governments to set their own or…
Paid Leave Preemption
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana has no statewide paid sick or family leave mandate for private employers, and its minimum-wage statutes neither authorize nor clearly preempt local paid-leave ordinances.
🔫 Firearms
Concealed Carry
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana permits concealed carry without a permit for most adults under HB 102 (2021), while still issuing optional permits under MCA 45-8-321 for reciprocity and convenience.
Local Firearms Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsMontanaMontana statute MCA 45-8-351 broadly preempts local governments from regulating the purchase, sale, ownership, possession, transportation, or transfer of firearms and ammunition.
Firearms in Vehicles
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana law under MCA 45-8-316 generally allows adults to carry firearms in vehicles, with permitless concealed carry now extended to most public places under HB 102 (2021).
🎰 Gambling & Gaming
Card Room Licensing
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana never built freestanding card rooms: it licenses live card tables inside the bars, restaurants, and clubs that already hold on-premises liquor licenses. Under MCA 23-5-306, an…
Charitable Bingo and Raffles
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana exempts 501(c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(8), and (c)(19) nonprofits from the state gambling permit fee to run charitable bingo, keno, and raffles under MCA 23-5-406. Groups exempted…
Social Gambling Rules
Significant RestrictionsMontanaMontana defines any wager contingent on chance as gambling and bans it unless a statute specifically authorizes it. The only social-game exception covers bridge, cribbage, hearts…
Sports Betting Law
Significant RestrictionsMontanaMontana legalized sports wagering in 2019, but only as a state lottery monopoly, not a commercial sportsbook market. Sports Bet Montana, operated by the Montana Lottery, is the sole…
🏘️ HOA Rules
Assessment & Dues
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana has no general HOA statute creating an assessment lien, so an ordinary homeowners' association's lien and foreclosure power come only from the recorded declaration…
Board Procedures
Some RestrictionsMontanaMost Montana HOAs are nonprofit corporations governed by the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act (Title 35, Ch. 2): an annual members' meeting (§ 35-2-526), special meetings on a 5%…
CC&R Enforcement
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana covenant and architectural disputes turn on the recorded declaration and common-law rules of restrictive covenants. Section 70-17-210 sets who may enforce a covenant and…
HOA Fines & Enforcement
Light RestrictionsMontanaMontana has never enacted a homeowners' association fine statute. There is no dollar cap, no statutory schedule, no required cure period, and no statutory notice-and-hearing step…
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
Some RestrictionsMontanaOnly Montana condominiums get a statutory assessment lien, and only the Unit Ownership Act says how it is foreclosed. Mont. Code Ann. § 70-23-608(1) requires the proceedings to conform…
Rental Restriction Limits
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana has one statute on association rental limits, Mont. Code Ann. § 70-17-901, in force since May 9, 2019. It bars a homeowners' association from entering into, amending, or…
⚖️ Know Your Rights
DUI Checkpoint Legality
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana's checkpoint statute never uses the words sobriety or DUI. Section 46-5-502, MCA, lets a law enforcement agency set up a temporary roadblock within its jurisdiction for three…
Recording Police
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana has no statute that grants an express right to record police, and it does not need one to make open recording lawful. The offense in 45-8-213(1)(c), MCA, is committed only by…
Stop & Identify Laws
Light RestrictionsMontanaMontana is not a stop-and-identify state. Section 46-5-401(2)(a), MCA, lets a peace officer who has made a lawful investigative stop request a person's name, present address and an…
Vehicle Search & Consent
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana's search rules for a stopped vehicle come from its own constitution rather than from a legalisation-era statute. Article II, Section 11 was amended by Constitutional Amendment…
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Eviction Notice & Process
Some RestrictionsMontanaUnder Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-422, a Montana landlord may terminate for unpaid rent if the tenant fails to pay within 3 days after written notice. Most lease violations carry a 14-day…
Repairs & Habitability
Heavy RestrictionsMontanaMont. Code Ann. § 70-24-303 requires Montana landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable: meeting building codes, maintaining utilities, supplying running water, reasonable hot water…
Just Cause Eviction
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act establishes statewide eviction procedures and grounds. Cities cannot impose just-cause eviction requirements beyond state law, which…
Landlord Entry & Notice
Some RestrictionsMontanaUnder Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-312, a Montana landlord must give the tenant at least 24 hours' notice of intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times. Entry is allowed to…
Late Fees & Grace Periods
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no statutory cap on late rent fees and requires no grace period. Late fees are governed only by the rental agreement under Mont. Code…
Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Some RestrictionsMontanaUnder Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-441, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice and a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days' written notice. A…
Rent Control
Few RestrictionsMontanaRent control is prohibited at the local level in Montana. Mont. Code Ann. § 7-1-111(26) denies every local government any power to control the amount of rent charged for private…
Security Deposit Rules
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana sets no statutory limit on the size of a residential security deposit. Under Mont. Code Ann. § 70-25-202, a landlord must return the deposit within 10 days when there are no…
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
Heavy RestrictionsMontanaMontana adverse possession is hard to establish. Under Mont. Code Ann. § 70-19-411, a claimant must occupy and claim the land continuously for 5 years and must have paid all state…
☀️ Solar Energy
HOA Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsMontanaMontana has never passed a statute voiding covenants that ban or restrict solar panels. There is no "reasonable restriction" test, no architectural approval deadline, and no cost or…
Panel Permits
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana requires regulated electric utilities to offer net metering to customers whose solar systems generate no more than 50 kilowatts. The Montana Public Service Commission oversees…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
🚗 Vehicle Equipment Laws
Underglow & Auxiliary Lighting
Significant RestrictionsMontanaMontana counts your extra lamps. Section 61-9-217, MCA, allows no more than two spot lamps, no more than two fog lamps and no more than two auxiliary driving lamps, each with its own…
Dash Cam & Windshield Mounting
Few RestrictionsMontanaMontana does not publish a closed list of things that may sit on a windshield. Section 61-9-405(2)(a), MCA, prohibits driving with a sign, poster, substance or other nontransparent…
Lane Splitting & Filtering
Light RestrictionsMontanaMontana authorised lane filtering in 2021 and the section is still in force with no expiry. Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-392 lets the operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle overtake and pass a…
Plate Covers & Obstruction
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana never wrote a statute naming license plate covers, frames or tinted shields. What governs instead is Mont. Code Ann. § 61-3-301(1)(a), which requires plates to be conspicuously…
Radar Detector Rules
Few RestrictionsMontanaNo section of the Montana Code prohibits owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private vehicle. Title 61, chapter 9, the vehicle equipment chapter, contains no reference to a…
Studded Tire & Chain Rules
Light RestrictionsMontanaMontana lets you run studded snow tires on any highway between October 1 and May 31 of each year. Mont. Code Ann. § 61-9-406(3) bans studs, cleats and spikes on a tire the rest of the…
Window Tint Limits
Some RestrictionsMontanaMontana sets its tint limits in 61-9-405(4), MCA. Front side windows must pass at least 24% light transmission and reflect no more than 35%. Rear and behind-the-front-seat side windows…