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Mont. Code Ann. § 2-4-201 (2026)

Rules Describing Agency Organization And Procedures

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TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

Part 2. Organizational and Procedural Rules

Rules Describing Agency Organization And Procedures

2-4-201. Rules describing agency organization and procedures. In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall:

(1) adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests. The notice and hearing requirements contained in 2-4-302 do not apply to adoption of a rule relating to a description of its organization.

(2) adopt rules of practice, not inconsistent with statutory provisions, setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available, including a description of all forms and instructions used by the agency.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 2, Ex. L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 240, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 285, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-4203(1)(a), (1)(b).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2007 · leading case: Pinnow v. Montana State Fund, 2007 MT 332, 172 P.3d 1273.
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Pinnow v. Montana State Fund, 2007 MT 332, 172 P.3d 1273. · cites it 11× “¶21 Section 2-4-201, MCA—a provision of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, §§ 2-4-101 to -711, MCA—merely states: In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: (1) adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general…”
Bowen v. Super Valu Stores, Inc., 745 P.2d 330 (Mont. 1987). · cites it 6× “In Section 2-4-201, MCA, we find: “In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: “(2) Adopt rules of practice, not inconsistent with statutory provisions, setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available,…”
Moen v. Peter Kiewit & Sons' Co., 655 P.2d 482 (Mont. 1982). “Sections 2-4-201 and -202, MCA, provide for agencies to adopt rules of practice and procedure.”
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