# Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-304: 80-8-304 Investigation and enforcement authority

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-304

## Section

- **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-304
- **Heading:** 80-8-304 Investigation and enforcement authority
- **Jurisdiction:** Montana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MT Code / Title 80 / Chapter 8 / Part 3 / Section 80-8-304

## Text

80-8-304 . Investigation and enforcement authority. (1) In enforcing this chapter, the department or its authorized agents, upon reasonable cause, may enter upon private and public premises and property with a warrant or consent of the inhabitant or owner to inspect or investigate at reasonable times:

(a) equipment used for applying pesticides;

(b) actual or reported adverse effects caused by pesticides in humans, crops, animals, land, or other property;

(c) records on the selling or use of pesticides and the person's stock of pesticides;

(d) handling, use, application, storage, and disposal of pesticides by any person;

(e) pesticides being applied or to be applied and to sample the pesticides or agricultural commodities;

(f) the use and application of a pesticide;

(g) the environment alleged to have been exposed to pesticides and to collect and analyze environmental samples;

(h) a person's compliance with pesticide worker protection standards and labeling, including handlers and workers;

(i) a person's compliance with pesticide ground water and environmental protection agency endangered species standards and labeling; or

(j) a person's compliance with licensing, labeling, permitting, and certification requirements.

(2) The department is authorized to investigate all incidents involving the application, sale, introduction, or use of registered pesticides or compounds capable of acting in the manner of pesticides when the incidents have a reasonable potential to adversely affect the public environment or persons.

(3) The investigation or inspection authority provided for in this section may be exercised over persons not possessing a required license or permit.

## Nearby sections

- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-301 80-8-301 Report of loss or damage -- effect of failure to report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-301.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-302 80-8-302 Sampling and analysis](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-302.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-303 80-8-303 Embargo](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-303.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-304 80-8-304 Investigation and enforcement authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-304.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-305 80-8-305 General violations -- compliance orders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-305.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 80-8-306 80-8-306 Penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T80_C8_P3_S80-8-306.md)

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