Montana Import Requirements
- All animals entering Montana must have:
- A current Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI)
- An import permit.
- Met all animal health import requirements
*** Any livestock (equine, bovine, porcine, caprine, ovine, or cervidae) entering Montana from a county where vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed within the last fourteen (14) days or a county that contains a premises quarantined for vesicular stomatitis shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection dated within fourteen (14) days of entry and containing the following statement:
"All animals identified on this certificate of veterinary inspection have been inspected and found to be free from clinical signs of vesicular stomatitis."
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Please select the species you are importing to find out about species specific import requirements including: CVI, permit, vaccination, testing, and identification requirements.
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NOTE: Every effort is made to keep these requirements current and accurate. Please call the Department of Livestock at (406) 444-2043 during regular business hours (8 AM – 4:45 PM MST, Monday – Friday) for the latest information.
Import permits may be obtained by:
- Please review the import requirements before calling the import line at (406) 444-2976.
- While the permit line is available to veterinarians 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not all permit types are available during non-business hours.
- Emailing a scan or photo of the CVI to livpermits@mt.gov.
- Please put "Permit Request" in the subject line.
- Requests received by 4:00 PM MST on regular business days will be processed same-day.
- Approved permit numbers will be emailed to the requesting party.
Livestock
Alternative Livestock
Poultry
Small Animals
Other
Prohibited Species
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Addax
Alligator
Aoudad Sheep
Axis deer
Barbary sheep
Bats*
Bontebok
Brush-tailed possum
Chamois goat
Chimpanzee
Collared Peccary
European boar
Foxes*
Gemsbok
Grizzly Bears (brown bears)
Hartebeest
Ibex
Kangaroos
Macaque
Monkey
Moose
Mouflon sheep
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Nutria
Opossum (Virginia or North American)
Oryx
Prairie Dogs
Primates
Raccoons*
Red deer
Reedbucks
Ringtail cat (Cacomistle or Miner’s cat)
Roe deer
Rusa deer
Russian boar
Sambar deer
Sassabies (blesbok topi)
Short-tailed opossum
Sika deer
Skunks*
Southern Flying Squirrel
Tahr (hemitraguis)
Wildebeest
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*May be allowed for research, fur farm, exhibition under special permit from FWP in addition to CVI & Permit
If the species in question is not listed previously, or in the following two laws (see links below), then the species is prohibited for importation into the State of Montana. However, the import classification system is ongoing and subject to change. If in doubt, call (406) 444-2043.
http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/87/5/87-5-706.htm
http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/87/5/87-5-714.htm