Ravalli County Rural Addressing Policy
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A private road is a non-county road providing access to multiple dwelling units. To comply with 911 requirements, every private road must be named.
- 1.) Obtain a Road Name Petition from the Ravalli County GIS Department or download a copy from the GIS Web page.
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2.) Fill in all of the pertinent information. (Use the Road Location and Parcel Tax-ID items to provide a good clue as to where this new road can be found.)
(Click here to search roads in Ravalli County.) - 3.) Supply at least three alternate road names.
- 4.) Make sure that the road names have suffix types that comply with U.S. Postal Standards such as Court, Drive, Lane, etc
- 5.) Obtain signatures of at least 60% of the adjoining land owners—these signatures indicate that those persons approve of the chosen road name.
- 6.) Sign the Road Name Petition before a Notary of Public.
- 7.) Return the completed form to the GIS Department with the appropriate fee ($125).
- 8.) Allow two weeks for processing.
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To rename an existing road, the process is essentially the same as above, except that signatures from 100% of the adjoining land owners are required.
All residents of the road must change their address to reflect the new road name and address sequence.
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After the new road has been entered into the GIS database, you will be sent a letter stating that the road has been entered into the County’s system.
At that time, you may contact the Clerk and Recorder’s Office for addresses. You may also present a copy of the letter to the Road and Bridge Department
for a road name sign.
- 1.) The road must be accessible to facilitate GPS collection by the GIS staff.
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2.) Proper road names must be unique - they cannot be duplicates of existing names within the county.
For example: “East Side Lane” will not be accepted because “Eastside Highway” already exists.
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