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 […]
3-5-202. Qualifications and residence. (1) A person is not eligible for the office of judge of a district court unless the person is a citizen of the United States, has resided in the state 2 years immediately before taking office, and has been admitted to practice law in Montana for at least 5 years prior to […]
3-5-203. Term of office. The term of office of judges of the district court is 6 years and begins on the first Monday of January next succeeding their election. History: Ap. p. Sec. 33, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6267, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8818, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 68; re-en. Sec. […]
3-5-204. Computation of term of office. The years during which a judge of a district court is to hold office are to be computed respectively from and including the first Monday of January of any one year to and excluding the first Monday of January of the next succeeding year. History: En. Sec. 34, C. Civ. Proc. […]
3-5-205 through 3-5-210 reserved.
3-5-211. Salaries and expenses of district court judges. (1) Prior to June 30 of each even-numbered year, the department of administration shall conduct a salary survey of judges of courts of general jurisdiction similar to the Montana district courts for the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho. The department shall include the salary […]
3-5-212. Repealed. Sec. 21, Ch. 3, L. 1985. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 8815, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8815, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-304(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 375, L. 1981.
3-5-213. Expenses when out of district. A district court judge who sits in the place of another judge in the trial or hearing of an action or proceeding in a district other than the judge’s own or in the supreme court or who attends a conference of judges in Helena called by the chief justice of […]
3-5-214. Certification and filing of expense claim. As soon as a district court judge’s services in connection with the trial, hearing, or conference referred to in 3-5-213 are concluded, the judge shall certify in detail the judge’s actual and necessary travel expenses as specified in 3-5-213 and shall file the claim with the state to be […]
3-5-215. Expenses when not in county of residence. A district court judge of a judicial district composed of more than one county who, for the purpose of holding court and disposing of judicial business, goes to a county of that judicial district other than the county in which the judge resides and holds court or transacts […]
3-5-216. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 2007. History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 8825, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8825, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 67, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 97, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 93-314; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 528, L. 1979.
