Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 10. JUSTICES' COURTS

Part 1. General Provisions

County To Provide Facilities

3-10-103. County to provide facilities. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the justice of the peace has been elected or appointed:

(1) shall provide for the justice's court:

(a) the office, courtroom, and clerical assistance necessary to enable the justice of the peace and the clerk of justice's court, if any, to conduct business in dignified surroundings;

(b) the books, records, forms, papers, stationery, postage, office equipment, and supplies necessary in the proper keeping of the records and files of the court and the transaction of the business; and

(c) the latest edition of the Montana Code Annotated and all official supplements; and

(2) may provide a clerk of justice's court.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 491, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 93-412(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 2001.