7-2-2501. Authorization to change name of county. The name, designation, appellation, cognomen, or title of any county in this state may be changed to any other name, designation, appellation, cognomen, or title as provided in this part. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4427, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4427, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, […]
7-2-2502. Petition to change county name. (1) Petitions for change of names must be heard and determined by the district court of the county whose name is sought to be changed. (2) A petition for the change of the name of any county in this state must be signed by a number of the legal voters who […]
7-2-2503. Form of petition. (1) The form of petition for any change of name of a county, as provided in this part, must be substantially as follows: In the district court of the …. judicial district of the state of Montana, in and for the county of ….. Petition for the change of thename of ………… […]
7-2-2504. Verification of petition signatures — county clerk’s certification. (1) The county clerk of the county in which the petition provided for in 7-2-2503 must be signed shall compare the signatures of the voters signing the petition with their signatures on the registration books and blanks on file in the clerk’s office for the preceding general […]
7-2-2505. Publication of copies of petition. Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the district court, upon the receipt of the cost from any voter in the county, shall publish a copy of the petition as provided in 7-1-2121. Proofs must be made of the publication before the petition can be considered and before […]
7-2-2506. Court hearing on petition — court order. Such petition must be heard at such time as the court or judge may appoint, subject to the provisions of 7-2-2505. Objections may be filed in the office of the clerk of said court at any time before such date by any person who can, in such objections, […]
7-2-2507. Transmittal to secretary of state of order to change name. (1) Immediately upon the rendition of any decree changing the name of a county as provided in this part, the clerk of the district court of said county shall transmit, by registered or certified mail, a certified copy of said decree, showing the date of […]
7-2-2508. Procedure to effectuate name change in records and other papers. (1) From and after the rendition of the decree, the official records in the custody of the several county officers shall be styled and designated, as in each instance may be proper, with the new name of the county as provided by the decree. All […]
7-2-2509. Effect of name change on property and legal rights. (1) All public records and property of the county existing under the former name shall be and become the public records and property of the county of the new name. In all conveyances, indentures, instruments, decrees of courts, and other records where the former name of […]
7-2-2510. Effect of name change on vested rights and existing laws. (1) The change of name provided for in this part shall not impair or work a forfeiture or alteration of any vested rights. (2) All laws of a general or special nature applicable to the county under its former name shall thereafter apply with equal force […]
7-2-2511. Effect of name change on indebtedness, obligations, and contracts. (1) All indebtedness and obligations of the county, whether bonded or otherwise, shall be assumed by and become the indebtedness of the county under its new name. All bonds issued by the county under its former name, outstanding and unpaid at the time of the rendition […]
7-2-2512. Effect of name change on district court. The terms of the district court in and for said county, as theretofore established by the court or a judge thereof under the former name of the county, shall become the terms of said court for the county under its new name and shall be held as stated, […]
7-2-2513. Effect of name change on officers. Persons who are, at the date of the rendition of the decree, the county, township, and district officers or officials and members of the legislature of the county under its former name shall remain in office and shall thereafter be the county, township, district, and legislative officials of the […]
7-2-2514. Effect of name change on county boundaries. No change of name shall be so construed as to alter or modify the boundaries of the county as the same existed and were established under the former name of the county, but such boundaries shall be and remain the same until changed according to law. History: En. Sec. […]
