Montana Code 15-24-204. Failure to display or produce declaration, sticker, or receipt — penalty
15-24-204. Failure to display or produce declaration, sticker, or receipt — penalty. (1) Whoever makes a false or fraudulent declaration of destination or, when required, fails to execute a declaration of destination or fails to display or produce a declaration of destination or tax-paid receipt, if a tax-paid receipt is required, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not more than $500, or both.
Terms Used In Montana Code 15-24-204
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Housetrailer: means a form of housing designed to be moved from one place to another by an independent power connected to the housetrailer, which is either 8 feet wide or less or 45 feet long or less. See Montana Code 15-24-201
- Manufactured home: means a residential dwelling built in a factory in accordance with the United States department of housing and urban development code and the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. See Montana Code 15-24-201
- Mobile home: means forms of housing known as "trailers" "housetrailers" or "trailer coaches" exceeding 8 feet in width or 45 feet in length, designed to be moved from one place to another by an independent power connected to the mobile home or any trailer, housetrailer, or trailer coach up to 8 feet in width or 45 feet in length used as a principal residence. See Montana Code 15-24-201
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
(2)Whoever fails to display a property-tax-paid sticker while in the process of moving a mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer or to produce a property-tax-paid receipt from 15 days after the due date for personal property taxes of 1 year to the due date for personal property taxes of the next year, when the display of a tax-paid receipt is required, commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 or confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days or both a fine and imprisonment.