Montana Code 82-10-506. Notification of injury
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82-10-506. Notification of injury. To receive compensation under this part, a surface owner shall give written notice to the oil and gas developer or operator of the damages sustained by the surface owner within 2 years after the injury occurs or would become apparent to a reasonable person.
Terms Used In Montana Code 82-10-506
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Gas: means all natural gases and all other fluid hydrocarbons, including methane gas or any other natural gas found in any coal formation, as produced at the wellhead and not defined as oil in subsection (3). See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form by ordinary production methods and that are not the result of condensation of gas before or after it leaves the reservoir. See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Surface owner: means the person who holds record title to or has a purchaser's interest in the surface of the land. See Montana Code 82-10-502