Montana · Montana Code Annotated — Title 61, Motor Vehicles

MCA Title 61 § 61-8-372: Littering with lighted matches, cigarettes, and other burning material and dumping ashtray prohibited -- penalty -- posting

What this law says, in plain English

A person may not discard lighted matches, cigarettes, or burning material, or empty ashtrays on roads, highways, or railroad rights-of-way. Violation carries a maximum $500 fine.

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