Montana § 7-4-2201 General Qualifications For County Office

Montana Statutes

§ 7-4-2201 — General Qualifications For County Office

Montana § 7-4-2201

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 4OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 22County Officers in General

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 7-4-2201 (2026).

Text

7-4-2201 . General qualifications for county office. A person is not eligible for a county office who at the time of election is not:

(1)of the voting age required by the Montana constitution;

(2)a citizen of the state; and

(3)(a) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised; or

(b)in the case of an office consolidated between two or more counties, an elector in one of the counties in which the duties of the office are to be exercised.

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7-4-2201 . General qualifications for county office. A person is not eligible for a county office who at the time of election is not:
(1) of the voting age required by the Montana constitution;
(2) a citizen of the state; and
(3) (a) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised; or
(b) in the case of an office consolidated between two or more counties, an elector in one of the counties in which the duties of the office are to be exercised.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 4310, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2955, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4101; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 423, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2401; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 60, L. 1999.