Table of Contents TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT COURTS Part 1. Definition of Districts and Assignment of Judges
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Mont. Code Ann. § 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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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 (SB 273 - Jabs, Reiny (R) SD 3)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 497, L. 2001 (HB 214 - Shockley, Jim (R) HD 61)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 373, L. 2005 (SB 18 - Wheat, Mike (D) SD 32)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 422, L. 2009 (SB 158 - Barkus, Gregory (R) SD 4)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 357, L. 2017 (HB 44 - Essmann, Jeff (R) HD 54)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 2019 (HB 60 - Buttrey, Edward (R) HD 21)
Amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 566, L. 2021 (HB 693 - Mercer, Bill (R) HD 46)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 752, L. 2025 (HB 913 - Nave, Fiona (R) HD 56)
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