Are electric skateboards legal in Montana?
Specific law, with conditions. Montana names the motorized skateboard and then hands the decision to your town. It is a “motorized nonstandard vehicle”, which may not be operated on public ways <b>unless a local ordinance says it may</b>. The answer is therefore not statewide: it is the same question asked 56 counties over.
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What the law says
| What the text says | Section | |
|---|---|---|
| It is named, in a category built for it | A “motorized nonstandard vehicle” is a vehicle “propelled by its own power, using an internal combustion engine or an electric motor”, with “a wheelbase of less than 40 inches and a wheel diameter of less than 10 inches”, and no manufacturer certification or 17-character VIN. The statute adds: “The term includes but is not limited to a motorized skateboard.” | Mont. Code Ann. § 61-1-101(45) |
| Check your own board against the two measurements | Under 40 inches of wheelbase and under 10 inches of wheel are easy for a skateboard — typical wheels are 3 to 4 inches. A long board with a wheelbase past 40 inches would fall outside this definition, and the statute then says nothing about it. | Mont. Code Ann. § 61-1-101(45) |
| The rule, and its exception | “A person may not operate a motorized nonstandard vehicle on ways of this state open to the public unless the operation is specifically authorized by ordinance or regulation passed by the local governing body of the county, city, or town for a public way under its jurisdiction.” | Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-375 |
| What that means in practice | Prohibited by default, permitted where a municipality has voted it. We do not cover municipal codes, so this page cannot tell you whether your town is one of them — but it tells you exactly what to look for, which is an ordinance naming motorized nonstandard vehicles. | Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-375 |
Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.
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Sources
- Mont. Code Ann. § 61-1-101(45) — Definition — motorized nonstandard vehicle. Official source, read 2026-09-23.
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Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-375 — Unlawful operation of motorized nonstandard vehicle — exception.
Official source, read 2026-09-23.
Read on the Montana Legislature’s own code server, 2025 edition.
Every source on this page is the text as published by the legislature or the state agency itself. Open them.
How Montana compares
The same four questions for Montana and its neighbours, each linked to its own page and citations. All 99 jurisdictions we have read are side by side on Compare all jurisdictions.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Helmet | Speed limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Idaho | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| North Dakota | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Dakota | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Wyoming | Named only | no rule naming the device | — |
| Alberta | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| British Columbia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Saskatchewan | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | A “limited speed motor vehicle” is “any motor vehicle that h |
Compare all 99 jurisdictions →
The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.
It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.
What about a Onewheel?
No text we read for Montana names a board with a single wheel. The reading above is for electric skateboards; whether a Onewheel falls in the same class, another one or none is a question the statutes here do not answer, and neither do we. 11 jurisdictions do name it — Are Onewheels legal?
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What this page does not tell you
- It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
- It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
- It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
- It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.
Across the border: Idaho · Wyoming · South Dakota · North Dakota · British Columbia · Alberta · Saskatchewan. Every other jurisdiction: the full list.
Questions this raises
Are electric skateboards legal in Montana?
A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. Montana names the motorized skateboard and then hands the decision to your town. It is a “motorized nonstandard vehicle”, which may not be operated on public ways unless a local ordinance says it may. The answer is therefore not statewide: it is the same question asked 56 counties over.
Is a Onewheel legal in Montana?
No statute we read for Montana names a board with a single wheel, so the law there does not answer directly. For electric skateboards, the status we found is: specific law, with conditions. Only 11 of the 99 jurisdictions we read name a one-wheel board: Utah, Quebec, Queensland, Tasmania, Seattle, South Korea, Belgium, British Columbia, New York, Victoria, the Netherlands.
Do I need a helmet in Montana?
No rule naming this device addresses helmets in the sources we have read for Montana. Your municipality may have one.
How fast am I allowed to go in Montana?
No speed limit specific to this device appears in the sources we have read for Montana.
Does this cover city rules?
No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.
How do I check this myself?
Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.