Property Maintenance in Montana (2026)

7 rules on the books across Montana, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Property Blight

Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.

Billings orders owners to repair or demolish fire-hazard structures, then does the work itself and liens the property…

In the City of Bozeman, Montana, any building that meets the International Building Code section 116 definition of an…

Yellowstone County enforces a Community Decay Ordinance covering nuisance conditions visible from a public…

Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.

Billings requires owners of vacant and undeveloped lots to keep weeds and untended vegetation under 12 inches tall…

In the City of Bozeman, Montana, a lot that sits unoccupied is held to the same weed nuisance rules as an occupied one…

Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.

Billings gives property owners just 24 hours after snow, ice, or slush accumulates to clear a 36-inch-wide path on the…

In the City of Bozeman, Montana, the owner of land abutting a paved sidewalk must clear snow and ice from it. Business…