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MT Code § 3-5-611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 5. District Courts|Part 6. Court Reporters|3-5-611. Reporter pro tempore

  3-5-611. Reporter pro tempore. (1) The reporter of any district court shall perform the duties of the office in person except when excused for good and sufficient reason by order of the court. The order must be entered upon the minutes of the court. Employment in the reporter's professional capacity elsewhere is not a good and sufficient reason for the excuse.   (2) When the reporter of any court has been excused in the manner provided in this section, the court may appoint a reporter pro tempore, who shall take the same oath and perform the same duties and receive the same compensation during the time of employment as the regular reporter.   History: En. Sec. 376, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6379, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8934, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8934, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 22, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1907; amd. Sec. 181, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 3-5-612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 5. District Courts|Part 6. Court Reporters|3-5-612. Reporter's report prima facie evidence

  3-5-612. Reporter's report prima facie evidence. The report of the reporter or reporter pro tempore of any court, duly appointed and sworn, when written out in longhand or printed in type and certified as being a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in the case, is prima facie a correct statement of such testimony and proceedings.   History: En. Sec. 377, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6380, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8935, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 273; re-en. Sec. 8935, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 22, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1908.
MT Code § 3-5-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 5. District Courts|Part 9. State Funding for District Courts|3-5-902. Fiscal administration for payment of court expenses

  3-5-902. Fiscal administration for payment of court expenses. The supreme court administrator shall establish procedures for the direct payment of district court expenses listed in 3-5-901 and for the reimbursement of district court expenses to counties as provided in 3-5-901 and shall record payments at a detailed level for budgeting and auditing purposes. The supreme court administrator shall reimburse counties for district court expenses in a timely manner.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 680, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 1, Sp. L. 1985; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 489, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 704, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 585, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 583, L. 2003.
MT Code § 3-5-903 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 5. District Courts|Part 9. State Funding for District Courts|3-5-903. Repealed

  3-5-903. Repealed. Secs. 52(1), 63(3), Ch. 585, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 680, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 1, Sp. L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 704, L. 1991.
MT Code § 3-5-904 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 5. District Courts|Part 9. State Funding for District Courts|3-5-904. Repealed

  3-5-904. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 445, L. 2005.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 361, L. 1995.
MT Code § 3-6-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-101. Establishment of court

  3-6-101. Establishment of court. (1) A city with a population of 4,000 or more, according to the last federal census, may have a court, known as the municipal court of the city of (designating the name of the city) of the state of Montana. The court must be a court of record. The municipal court shall assume continuing jurisdiction over all pending city court cases in the city in which the municipal court is established.   (2) A city may have a municipal court only if the governing body of the city elects by a two-thirds majority vote to adopt the provisions of this chapter by ordinance and, in the ordinance, provides the manner in which and time when the municipal court is to be established and is to assume continuing jurisdiction over all pending city court cases. If a city judge is not an attorney and the office is abolished because a municipal court is established, the ordinance must provide that the time when the establishment of the municipal court takes effect is the date on which the municipal court judge elected at the next election held under 3-6-201 begins the municipal court judge's term of office. The ordinance must be consistent with the provisions of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1701; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 99, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 182, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 3-6-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-102. Abolition of city court

  3-6-102. Abolition of city court. (1) In cities in which a municipal court is established, the office of city judge is abolished.   (2) Except as provided in 3-6-101(2), a city judge whose office is abolished shall serve as a municipal court judge in the same city in which the judge served as city judge for the remainder of the judge's term and until the office of municipal court judge is filled by election, as provided under 3-6-201.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.16, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1716; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 99, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 389, L. 2003.
MT Code § 3-6-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-103. Jurisdiction

  3-6-103. Jurisdiction. (1) The municipal court has jurisdiction coordinate and coextensive with the justices' courts of the county where the city is located and has exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil and criminal actions and proceedings provided for in 3-11-103.   (2) Municipal courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in actions arising under Title 70, chapters 24 through 27.   (3) Applications for search warrants and complaints charging the commission of a felony may be filed in municipal court. The municipal court judge has the same jurisdiction and responsibility as a justice of the peace, including holding preliminary hearings. The city attorney may initiate proceedings charging a felony if the offense was committed within the city limits, but the county attorney shall take charge of the action if an information is filed in district court.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1702; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 1991.
MT Code § 3-6-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-104. Powers and duties of the court

  3-6-104. Powers and duties of the court. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, chapter 30 of Title 25, and part 4 of chapter 17 of Title 46, the municipal court shall have in matters within its jurisdiction all the powers and duties of district judges in like cases. The court may make and alter rules for the conduct of its business and prescribe forms of process conformable to law.   (2) The municipal court shall establish rules for appeal to district court. The rules are subject to the supreme court's rulemaking and supervisory authority.   History: (1)En. Sec. 20, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.19, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-1719, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 17, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.17, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 429, L. 1977; Sec. 11-1717, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1717(3), 11-1719(part).
MT Code § 3-6-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-105. Courtroom and supplies

  3-6-105. Courtroom and supplies. A room for the municipal court, with necessary furniture, fixtures, and supplies, shall be provided by the city wherein the court is located.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.5, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1705.
MT Code § 3-6-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-106. Sessions of court -- departments

  3-6-106. Sessions of court -- departments. (1) The municipal court must be in continuous session from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on every day except nonjudicial days. The judge may designate additional hours as the judge believes necessary. If there is more than one judge, each judge may hold a session of the court and may designate additional hours as the judge believes necessary.   (2) If there is more than one judge, the chief municipal court judge shall divide the court into departments, make rules for the government of the court, and describe the order of the court's business. Each department must be numbered, and a judge must be assigned to each department.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1708; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 2005.
MT Code § 3-6-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-107. through 3-6-109 reserved

  3-6-107 through 3-6-109 reserved.
MT Code § 3-6-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 1. General Provisions|3-6-110. Appeal to district court -- record on appeal

  3-6-110. Appeal to district court -- record on appeal. (1) A party may appeal to district court from a municipal court judgment or order. The appeal is confined to review of the record and questions of law, subject to the supreme court's rulemaking and supervisory authority.   (2) The record on appeal to district court consists of an electronic recording or stenographic transcription of a case tried, together with all papers filed in the action.   (3) The district court may affirm, reverse, or amend any appealed order or judgment and may direct the proper order or judgment to be entered or direct that a new trial or further proceeding be had in the court from which the appeal was taken.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 99, L. 1991.
MT Code § 3-6-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 2. Municipal Court Judges|3-6-202. Qualifications -- certification -- training

  3-6-202. Qualifications -- certification -- training. (1) A municipal court judge must have the same qualifications as a judge of a district court, as set forth in Article VII, section 9, of the Montana constitution, except that a municipal court judge need only be admitted to the practice of law in Montana for at least 3 years prior to the date of appointment or election.   (2) A municipal court judge shall reside in the county in which the court is located and shall meet the residency requirements provided in 3-10-204.   (3) The commission on courts of limited jurisdiction, upon finding compliance with subsections (1) and (2), shall issue a certificate, as required in 3-1-1502, prior to the municipal court judge assuming office. The certificate must be conditioned upon continued compliance with the minimum judicial education requirements provided for in this section. The certificate must be filed with the clerk and recorder as provided in 3-1-1502.   (4) A municipal court judge shall complete a minimum of 15 hours of continuing judicial education requirements each year or a greater number established by the supreme court. Attendance at the two annual training sessions under 3-10-203 may fulfill the requirement provided for in this subsection.   (5) Completion of a course approved for continuing judicial or legal education hours applies to the judicial education requirements under subsection (4).   (6) A municipal court judge is entitled to reimbursement by the city in which the judge holds or will hold court for all actual and necessary expenses and costs incurred in attending a continuing judicial or legal education course.   (7) On or before December 31 of each year, a municipal court judge shall file an affidavit of compliance with the continuing judicial education requirements established in this section with the commission on courts of limited jurisdiction. The supreme court may sanction a municipal court judge or declare a vacancy in the office of the judge for failure to meet the training requirements established in this section.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1704(1); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 317, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 389, L. 2003.
MT Code § 3-6-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 2. Municipal Court Judges|3-6-203. Salary

  3-6-203. Salary. The salary of the municipal court judge must be set by ordinance or resolution and is payable monthly by the city treasurer. Actual and necessary expenses for the municipal court judge are expenses, as defined and provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503, incurred in the performance of official duties.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1704(2); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 528, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 99, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 183, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 3-6-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 2. Municipal Court Judges|3-6-204. Disqualification -- judge pro tempore

  3-6-204. Disqualification -- judge pro tempore. When a judge of a municipal court has been disqualified or is sick or unable to act, the judge shall call in a sitting or retired judge of a court of record or an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Montana and is in good standing to act as a judge pro tempore. The judge pro tempore has the same power and authority as the municipal court judge.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.13, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1713; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 21, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 389, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 167, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 557, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 2013.
MT Code § 3-6-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 3. Conduct of Court Business|3-6-301. Clerk of the court -- administrative expenses

  3-6-301. Clerk of the court -- administrative expenses. The position of municipal court clerk of the court must be established by ordinance. The governing body of the city shall set the salary of the clerk and provide for other necessary expenses that may be incurred in operating the court.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.6, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1706(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 99, L. 1991.
MT Code § 3-6-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 3. Conduct of Court Business|3-6-302. Records -- electronic filing and storage

  3-6-302. Records -- electronic filing and storage. (1) The records of the court must be kept by the clerk. The records in civil causes must conform as nearly as possible to the records of district courts. In criminal causes, in cases arising under city ordinances, and in cases mentioned in 3-11-103, the records must be similar to the records now kept in justices' courts.   (2) The clerk may elect to keep court documents by means of electronic filing or storage, or both, as provided in 3-1-114 and 3-1-115, in lieu of or in addition to keeping paper records.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.6, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1706(part); amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 21, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 174, L. 1995.
MT Code § 3-6-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 6. Municipal Courts|Part 3. Conduct of Court Business|3-6-303. Officers of court

  3-6-303. Officers of court. (1) The chief of police of the city is the executive officer of the municipal court. The chief of police shall serve all process and execute all orders of the court, either in person or by subordinate police officer, who shall execute process in the chief's name.  (2) The chief of police, with the approval of the judge, shall appoint one or more police officers or reserve officers, as defined in 7-32-201, as court officers, one of whom shall attend the sessions of the court and perform all duties in connection with the court that the judge may require.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.7, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1707; amd. Sec. 184, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 195, L. 2021.
MT Code § 3-7-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 1. Water Divisions|3-7-101. Water divisions

  3-7-101. Water divisions. To adjudicate existing water rights and to conduct hearings in cases certified under 85-2-309, water divisions are established as defined in 3-7-102. A water division shall be presided over by a water judge.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 697, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 596, L. 1985.
MT Code § 3-7-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 1. Water Divisions|3-7-102. Water divisions boundaries

  3-7-102. Water divisions boundaries. There are four water divisions whose boundaries are formed by the natural divides between drainages and the borders of the state of Montana and which are described as follows:   (1) The Yellowstone River basin water division consists of those areas drained by the Yellowstone and Little Missouri Rivers and any remaining areas in Carter County.   (2) The lower Missouri River basin water division consists of those areas drained by the Missouri River from below the mouth of the Marias River and any remaining areas in Glacier and Sheridan Counties.   (3) The upper Missouri River basin water division consists of those areas drained by the Missouri River to below the mouth of the Marias River.   (4) The Clark Fork River basin water division consists of the areas drained by the Clark Fork River, the Kootenai River, and any remaining areas in Lincoln County.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 697, L. 1979.
MT Code § 3-7-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 1. Water Divisions|3-7-103. Promulgation of rules and prescription of forms -- advisory committee

  3-7-103. Promulgation of rules and prescription of forms -- advisory committee. (1) As soon as practicable the Montana supreme court may promulgate special rules of practice and procedure and shall prescribe forms for use in connection with this chapter and Title 85, chapter 2, parts 2 and 7, in consultation with the water judge and the department of natural resources and conservation.   (2) (a) The chief water judge shall appoint a water adjudication advisory committee to provide recommendations to the water court, the Montana supreme court, the department of natural resources and conservation, and the legislature on methods to improve and expedite the water adjudication process.   (b) The committee consists of three nongovernmental attorneys who practice before the water court, one district court judge, and three water users who have filed statements of claim with the department of natural resources and conservation under this chapter.   (c) The chief water judge or the judge's designee shall serve as an ex officio member of the committee. The Montana supreme court may appoint the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, a representative from the department of natural resources and conservation, and a representative of the United States government as ex officio members of the committee.   (d) The committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the water court and shall serve without compensation.   (e) The committee shall file a report with the Montana supreme court by October 1, 1996, and as often as determined by the Montana supreme court.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 697, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 421, L. 1995.
MT Code § 3-7-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 2. Water Judges|3-7-201. Designation of water judge

  3-7-201. Designation of water judge. (1) A water judge must be designated for each water division by a majority vote of a committee composed of the district court judge from each single-judge judicial district and the chief district judge from each multijudge judicial district, wholly or partly within the division. Except as provided in subsection (2), a water judge must be a district court judge or retired district court judge of a judicial district wholly or partly within the water division.   (2) A district court judge or retired district court judge may sit as a water judge in more than one division if requested by the chief justice of the supreme court or the water judge of the division in which the judge is requested to sit.   (3) A water judge, when presiding over a water division, presides as district court judge in and for each judicial district wholly or partly within the water division.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 697, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 604, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 185, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 3-7-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 2. Water Judges|3-7-202. Term of office

  3-7-202. Term of office. The term of office for water judges is from the date of initial appointment as provided in 3-7-201 to June 30, 1985. After June 30, 1985, the term of office of a water judge is 4 years, subject to continuation of the water divisions by the legislature.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 697, L. 1979.
MT Code § 3-7-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 2. Water Judges|3-7-203. Vacancies

  3-7-203. Vacancies. If a vacancy in the office of water judge occurs, it must be filled in the manner provided in 3-7-201 for the initial designation of a water judge. A vacancy is created when a water judge dies, resigns, retires, is not elected to a subsequent term, forfeits the judicial position, is removed, or is otherwise unable to complete the term as a water judge.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 697, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 80, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 186, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 3-7-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 2. Water Judges|3-7-204. Supervision and administration by supreme court

  3-7-204. Supervision and administration by supreme court. (1) The Montana supreme court shall supervise the activities of the water judges, water masters, and associated personnel in implementing this chapter and Title 85, chapter 2, part 2.   (2) The supreme court shall pay the expenses of the water judges and the salaries and expenses of the water judges' staffs and the salaries and expenses of the water masters and the water masters' staffs, from appropriations made for that purpose. "Salaries and expenses" as used in this section include but are not limited to the salaries and expenses of personnel, the cost of office equipment and office space, and other necessary expenses that may be incurred in the administration of this chapter and Title 85, chapter 2, part 2.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 389, L. 1999.
MT Code § 3-7-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 3. Judiciary, Courts|Chapter 7. Water Courts|Part 2. Water Judges|3-7-205. through 3-7-210 reserved

  3-7-205 through 3-7-210 reserved.