It is unlawful for any person owning or having control of any horse to abandon the horse upon the open range in the state of Montana, and such horses so running at large upon the open range in the state are a public nuisance and a public menace and are condemned, subject to the right of the owner of any such abandoned horse to reclaim the same under the conditions hereinafter provided.
Mont. Code Ann. § 81-4-502
Abandoned horses on public range declared public nuisance subject to condemnation -- right of owner
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