Montana § Rule 27 Notice Involving Constitutional Questions Where The State Is Not A Party

Montana Statutes

§ Rule 27 — Notice Involving Constitutional Questions Where The State Is Not A Party

Montana § Rule 27

Title 25CIVIL PROCEDURE

Ch. 21RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § Rule 27 (2026).

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Rule 27 . Notice involving constitutional questions where the state is not a party. Irrespective of the requirements of M.

R.Civ. P. 5.1, a party who challenges the constitutionality of any act of the Montana legislature in any action, suit, or proceeding in the supreme court to which neither the state nor any agency or any officer or employee thereof, in the officer's or employee's official capacity, is a party, must give notice to the supreme court and to the Montana attorney general of the existence of the constitutional issue. This notice must be in writing, specify the section of the Montana Code Annotated or chapter of the session law to be construed, and must be given no later than 11 days from the date that the notice of appeal or notice of cross-appeal is filed or the date of fil

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Rule 27 . Notice involving constitutional questions where the state is not a party.
Irrespective of the requirements of M. R. Civ. P. 5.1, a party who challenges the constitutionality of any act of the Montana legislature in any action, suit, or proceeding in the supreme court to which neither the state nor any agency or any officer or employee thereof, in the officer's or employee's official capacity, is a party, must give notice to the supreme court and to the Montana attorney general of the existence of the constitutional issue. This notice must be in writing, specify the section of the Montana Code Annotated or chapter of the session law to be construed, and must be given no later than 11 days from the date that the notice of appeal or notice of cross-appeal is filed or the date of filing of an original proceeding in the supreme court. No later than 20 days from the date that the notice of constitutional challenge is filed, the attorney general shall notify the supreme court and all parties in writing as to whether the attorney general will intervene in the appeal on the constitutional issue.

Legislative History

En. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0016, July 3, 2007, eff. October 1, 2007; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0016, May 6, 2009, eff. October 1, 2009; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0016, April 26, 2011, eff. October 1, 2011.