Montana § 2-16-202 Title Contested -- Salary Withheld

Montana Statutes

§ 2-16-202 — Title Contested -- Salary Withheld

Montana § 2-16-202

Title 2GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

Ch. 16PUBLIC OFFICERS

Part 2Accession to Office

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 2-16-202 (2026).

Text

2-16-202 . Title contested -- salary withheld.

(1)When the title of the incumbent of any office in this state is contested by proceedings instituted in any court for that purpose, a warrant may not be drawn or paid for any part of the incumbent's salary until the proceedings have been finally determined.

(2)As soon as the proceedings are instituted, the clerk of the court in which they are pending shall certify the facts to the officers whose duty it would otherwise be to draw the warrant or pay the salary.

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2-16-202 . Title contested -- salary withheld. (1) When the title of the incumbent of any office in this state is contested by proceedings instituted in any court for that purpose, a warrant may not be drawn or paid for any part of the incumbent's salary until the proceedings have been finally determined.
(2) As soon as the proceedings are instituted, the clerk of the court in which they are pending shall certify the facts to the officers whose duty it would otherwise be to draw the warrant or pay the salary.

Legislative History

En. Secs. 1040, 1041, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 375, 376, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 451, 452, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Secs. 936, 937; re-en. Secs. 451, 452, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 59-508, 59-509; amd. Sec. 99, Ch. 61, L. 2007.