§ 49-6. Roads used for 20 years may be declared public highways.  


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  • (a) Whenever any road has been used by the public for 20 or more years, though the road may never have been condemned or granted as a public highway, the County Executive may by Executive order published in the County Register declare the road to be a public highway.
    (b) The public right-of-way of a road declared as a public highway under subsection (a) must include permanent maintenance easements which extend 10 feet beyond each pavement edge. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 24-10; 1910, ch. 484, § 177L; 1912, ch. 790, § 460; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 6; , § 1.)
    Editor’s note—Section 49-6, formerly Section 49-10, was renumbered and amended pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1. Former Section 49-6 was renumbered Section 49-4 pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1.