Montana law

Premises Liability Laws in Montana.

Montana premises liability follows traditional invitee/licensee/trespasser categories. Landowners owe invitees a duty of reasonable care, including inspection and warning; licensees a duty to warn of known dangers; and trespassers a duty to avoid willful or wanton conduct. Montana's 51% modified comparative fault rule applies. Montana has strong Recreational Use immunity (Mont. Code Ann. § 70-16-301 et seq.) given the state's significant recreational land use. Montana also maintains a dog-bite statute requiring proof of knowledge of the dog's dangerous propensities (one-bite rule).