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Mont. Code Ann. § 13-37-201 (2026)

Campaign Treasurer

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TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 37. CONTROL OF CAMPAIGN PRACTICES

Part 2. Campaign Finance

Campaign Treasurer

13-37-201. Campaign treasurer. (1) Except as provided in 13-37-206, each candidate, each political committee, and each joint fundraising committee shall appoint one campaign treasurer and certify the full name and complete address of the campaign treasurer pursuant to this section.

(2) (a) A candidate shall file the certification within 5 days after becoming a candidate.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (2)(c), a political committee and a joint fundraising committee shall file the certification, which must include an organizational statement and the name and address of all officers, if any, within 5 days after it makes an expenditure or authorizes another person to make an expenditure on its behalf, whichever occurs first. A joint fundraising committee shall also provide a list of participants with the certification.

(c) A political committee that is seeking to place a ballot issue before the electors shall file the certification, including the information required in subsection (2)(b), within 5 days after the proposed issue is submitted to the secretary of state under 13-27-214.

(3) The certification of a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee must be filed with the commissioner.

History: En. 23-4781 by Sec. 6, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4781(1); amd. Sec. 247, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 122, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 259, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 494, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 647, L. 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2022 · leading case: Nagr v. Jeff Mangan, 933 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2019).
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Nagr v. Jeff Mangan, 933 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2019). “Mont. Code Ann. §§ 13-37-201 , -208. Montana would still be able to gather the identifying information necessary to enforce its substantive campaign finance laws, as evidenced by other state electioneering disclosure regimes that do not require treasurers to register in their…”
Ed Butcher v. Austin Knudsen, 38 F.4th 1163 (9th Cir. 2022). · cites it 2× “B Since the 1970s, Montana has required political committees to register with the state, report election-related expenditures, and comply with additional requirements.”
Gordon Just., Jr. v. Delbert Hosemann, et, 771 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. 2014). “118(2) (stating that groups must register “not later than the third business day after a chief petitioner or the treasurer receives a contribution or makes an expenditure relating to the initiative”); Mont.Code Ann. § 13-37-201 (“A political committee shall file the…”
W. Tradition P'ship, Inc. v. Attorney Gen., 2011 MT 328 (Mont. 2011). “Marbut in his deposition described that MSSF has established its own political committees and used them to actively participate in the Montana political process over a period of years. The evidence submitted by the State in the District Court similarly demonstrates that…”
Lair v. Murry, 903 F. Supp. 2d 1077 (D. Mont. 2012). “The statutory authority for Form C-l is contained in Montana Code Annotated §§ 13-37-201, 13-37-202, 13-37-205. Because Milanovich filed his Fonn C-l, he was allowed to solicit and accept contributions for his campaign, Milanovich began doing so.”
Doctors for a Healthy Montana v. Fox (D. Mont. 2020). · cites it 5× “More than simply requiring that a committee provide factual information, § 13-37-201 presents a mandate on how that information must be packaged to the public.”
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