1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 3
  3. CHAPTER 6
  4. Part 2
  5. 3-6-204 Disqualification -- judge pro tempore

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 6. MUNICIPAL COURTS

Part 2. Municipal Court Judges

Disqualification -- Judge Pro Tempore

3-6-204. Disqualification -- judge pro tempore. When a judge of a municipal court has been disqualified or is sick or unable to act, the judge shall call in a sitting or retired judge of a court of record or an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Montana and is in good standing to act as a judge pro tempore. The judge pro tempore has the same power and authority as the municipal court judge.

History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.13, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1713; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 21, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 389, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 167, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 557, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 2013.