Montana § 2-16-505 Filling Vacancies In Certain Elective Offices

Montana Statutes

§ 2-16-505 — Filling Vacancies In Certain Elective Offices

Montana § 2-16-505

Title 2GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

Ch. 16PUBLIC OFFICERS

Part 5Vacancy and Succession

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 2-16-505 (2026).

Text

2-16-505 . Filling vacancies in certain elective offices. A vacancy in the office of the secretary of state, state auditor, attorney general, clerk of the supreme court, or superintendent of public instruction must be filled by a person appointed by the governor. The appointee holds office until the first Monday in January after the next general election. At that election, the office must be filled by election for the unexpired term.

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2-16-505 . Filling vacancies in certain elective offices. A vacancy in the office of the secretary of state, state auditor, attorney general, clerk of the supreme court, or superintendent of public instruction must be filled by a person appointed by the governor. The appointee holds office until the first Monday in January after the next general election. At that election, the office must be filled by election for the unexpired term.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1106, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 425, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 516, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 1001; re-en. Sec. 516, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 468, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 59-607; amd. Sec. 105, Ch. 61, L. 2007.