Montana § 3-5-102 Number Of Judges

Montana Statutes

§ 3-5-102 — Number Of Judges

Montana § 3-5-102

Title 3JUDICIARY, COURTS

Ch. 5DISTRICT COURTS

Part 1Definition of Districts and Assignment of Judges

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 3-5-102 (2026).

Text

3-5-102 . Number of judges. In each judicial district, there must be the following number of judges of the district court:

(1)in the 2nd, 7th, 16th, 20th, and 21st districts, two judges each;

(2)in the 1st, 8th, and 18th districts, four judges each;

(3)in the 4th and 11th districts, five judges each;

(4)in the 13th district, 10 judges; and

(5)in all other districts, one judge each.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 1, p. 156, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 6264, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8813, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 8813, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 18, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 161, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 229, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 344, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 517, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-302(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 542, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 293, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 454, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 497, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 373, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 422, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 357, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 566, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 752, L. 2025.