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Mont. Code Ann. § 3-5-201 (2026)

Election And Oath Of Office

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  1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 3
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 2
  5. 3-5-201 Election and oath of office

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT COURTS

Part 2. District Court Judges

Election And Oath Of Office

3-5-201. Election and oath of office. (1) The judges of the district court, except judges pro tempore, must be elected by the qualified voters of the district.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (1), each judge of a district court shall, as soon as the judge has taken and subscribed the official oath, file the official oath in the office of the secretary of state.

History: (1)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; Sec. 93-302, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1014, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 366, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 434, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 909; re-en. Sec. 434, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1949; Sec. 59-417, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 59-417(3), 93-302(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 663, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 167, Ch. 61, L. 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–2011 · leading case: W. Tradition P'ship, Inc. v. Attorney Gen., 2011 MT 328 (Mont. 2011).
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W. Tradition P'ship, Inc. v. Attorney Gen., 2011 MT 328 (Mont. 2011). · cites it 4× “VII, § 8; § 3-2-101, MCA; and § 3-5-201, MCA. Judicial elections are nonpartisan.”
State ex rel. Welch v. Dist. Court of Seventh Jud. Dist., 680 P.2d 327 (Mont. 1984). · cites it 3× “Relator also argues that under the provisions of Section 3-5-201, MCA, “Judges of the district court must be elected.”
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