1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 21
  5. 7-1-2103 County powers

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 21. Counties

County Powers

7-1-2103. County powers. A county has power to:

(1) sue and be sued;

(2) purchase and hold lands within its limits;

(3) make contracts and purchase and hold personal property that may be necessary to the exercise of its powers;

(4) make orders for the disposition or use of its property that the interests of its inhabitants require;

(5) subject to 15-10-420, levy and collect taxes for public or governmental purposes, as described in 7-6-2527, under its exclusive jurisdiction unless prohibited by law.

History: En. Sec. 1, p. 498, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 1, p. 433, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 335, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 744, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 4193, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2873, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4444, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4003; re-en. Sec. 4444, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-804; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 453, L. 2005.