3-5-202. Qualifications and residence. (1) No person is eligible for the office of judge of a district court unless he 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 the date of appointment or election.
     (2) A judge of a district court need not be a resident of the district for which he is elected or appointed at the time of his election or appointment, but after his election or appointment, he must reside in the district for which he is elected or appointed during his term of office.

     History: En. Sec. 161, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6309, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8863, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 157; re-en. Sec. 8863, R.c.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-702(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 406, L. 1989.