Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 77. STATE LANDS

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LANDS

Part 4. Classification of State Lands

Classes Of Land

77-1-401. Classes of land. The state lands are classified as follows:

(1) Class 1--lands which are principally valuable for grazing purposes;

(2) Class 2--lands which are principally valuable for the timber that is on them or for the growing of timber or for watershed protection;

(3) Class 3--lands which are principally valuable for the production of crops;

(4) Class 4--lands which are principally valuable for uses other than grazing, crop production, timber production, or watershed protection.

History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-302(1).