37-61-211. Annual license tax -- municipal tax prohibited. (1) Every attorney or counselor at law admitted by the supreme court of the state to practice his profession within the state is required to pay a license tax of $25 a year. The tax is payable to and collected by the clerk of the supreme court on or before April 1 of each year.
(2) Upon the payment of the tax, the clerk shall issue and deliver a certificate to the person paying the tax, certifying to the payment of the license tax and stating the period covered by the payment.
(3) A license tax may not be imposed upon attorneys by a municipality or any other subdivision of the state.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 90, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 8945, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8945, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 18, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2010; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 379, L. 1989.