1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 3
  3. CHAPTER 15
  4. Part 1
  5. 3-15-106 Number of a trial jury

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 15. JURIES AND JURORS

Part 1. Juries -- Definitions and Composition

Number Of A Trial Jury

3-15-106. Number of a trial jury. (1) A trial jury consists of 12 persons or, with the approval of the court, it may consist of any number less than 12 upon which the parties agree in open court.

(2) In all civil actions where the relief asked for in the complaint is under the sum of $10,000, a trial jury may, in the discretion of the trial judge, consist of six persons and two-thirds of the jury may render a verdict.

History: En. Sec. 224, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6334, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8887, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 194; re-en. Sec. 8887, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 203, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 293, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1205(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 1989.