Judith Basin County
Stanford, Montana
JUDITH BASIN COUNTY SHERIFF - BURN PERMITS

Burning in a burn-barrel is permitted if the barrel is clear from vegitation and is covered with a screen. A burn permit is not required.

Open burning is allowed by permit only. The permit will be issued free of charge if conditions are suitable for burning. You may obtain a permit for open burning by calling the Judith Basin County Sheriff's Office at 566-2212. In addition you must contact your local fire authority and notify them of your burn. This process ensures that burning is done only under favorable conditions, as well as to ensure that fire department response is not requested unnecessarily.

76-13-121. Permit for burning required. (1) During the wildfire season or an expansion of the wildfire season, a person may not ignite or set a fire, including a slash-burning fire, land-clearing fire, debris-burning fire, or, except as provided in subsection (2), an open fire without an official written permit to ignite or set the fire from the recognized agency for that protection area.
(2) (a) If no restrictions are in place, a permit is not needed for recreational fires measuring less than 48 inches in diameter that are surrounded by a nonflammable area or structure and for which a suitable source of extinguishing the fire is available.
(b) A recreational fire may not be ignited if special restrictions prohibiting recreational fires have been established by an authority having jurisdiction.