3-6-201. Number of judges -- election -- term of office. (1) The governing body of a city shall determine by ordinance the number of judges required to operate the municipal court.
     (2) A municipal court judge must be elected at the general election, as provided in 13-1-104(2). The judge's term commences on the first Monday in January following the election. The judge shall hold office for the term of 4 years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
     (3) Except as provided in subsection (2), all elections of municipal court judges are governed by the laws applicable to the election of district court judges.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1703; amd. Sec. 376, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 99, L. 1991.