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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Montana Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Mont.) ————— U.S. District Court (D. Mont.) * ————— * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “275 Mont. 1” or “909 P.2d 700”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Montana Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Mont. Const.)
   Bills
   The Montana Legislature convenes in a regular session (up to 90 legislative days) in each odd-numbered year.
   2009 Bills (61st Leg.) 2007 Bills (60th Leg., 2nd Spec. Sess.) 2007 Bills (60th Leg., 1st Spec. Sess.) 2007 Bills (60th Leg.) 2005 Bills (59th Leg., Spec. Sess.) 2005 Bills (59th Leg.) 2003 Bills (58th Leg.) 2002 Bills (57th Leg., Spec. Sess.) 2001 Bills (57th Leg.) 2000 Bills (56th Leg., 2nd Spec. Sess.) 1999 Bills (56th Leg., 1st Spec. Sess.) 1999 Bills (56th Leg.)
   See also the Montana Legislature web site.

2. Laws of Montana (Mont. Laws)
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Laws of Montana ... See legislative reports linked below.
   2007 Legislative Reports 2005 Legislative Reports 2003 Legislative Reports 2001 Legislative Reports
   To view the text of a chaptered bill (that is, a session law), various legislative reports can be used together to identify the chaptered bill of interest; then the text of the bill can be viewed on-line by using the link for “Bills” above, or the text can be downloaded in a WordPerfect file by using a link for the “session law directory” on the page for legislative reports.

3. Montana Code (Mont. Code)
   See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Superseded Codes: 2005 Montana Code 2003 Montana Code 2001 Montana Code 1999 Montana Code 1997 Montana Code 1995 Montana Code

Montana Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Supreme Court Rules (Mont. S. Ct. R.) Rules of Appellate Procedure (Mont. R. App. P.) Rules of Civil Procedure (Mont. R. Civ. P.) Rules of Evidence (Mont. R. Evid.) Uniform District Court Rules (Mont. Dist. Ct. R.) Justice and City Court Rules of Civil Procedure (Mont. Just. Ct. R. Civ. P.) ————— District Court Local Rules Small Claims Court Rules ————— Chiropractice Legal Panel Rules Water Court Rules [Water Rights Claim Examination Rules] Workers' Compensation Court Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Mont. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Mont. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
Rules of Professional Conduct Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement State Bar Ethics Committee Rules State Bar Ethics Committee Opinions ————— Rules for Admission to the State Bar Board of Bar Examiners Rules Commission on Character and Fitness Rules Pro Hac Vice Rules Rules on Unauthorized Practice of Law ————— Code of Judicial Conduct Judicial Standards Commission Rules
Additional Resources
¶  Montana Courts: New Rules and Proposed Rules

Montana Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Administrative Rules of Montana (Mont. Admin. R.)
   Montana Administrative Register (Mont. Admin. Reg.)

2. Rules of State Agencies
   Board of Oil and Gas Conservation Rules
   Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Executive Orders Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Mont. Att'y Gen.) ————— Human Rights Commission Decisions Political Practices Commissioner Decisions State Tax Appeals Board Decisions Workers' Compensation Court Decisions

Montana Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
Great Falls
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Billings <3> Colstrip <5> Ennis <5> Great Falls — Code <1> Great Falls — Ordinances <1> Hamilton <1> Hardin <5> Havre <5> Helena <5> Kalispell <4> Lewistown <5> Manhattan <5> Missoula <1> Sidney <5> West Yellowstone <2> Whitefish <5>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Montana Law-Related Periodicals

1. Public Land & Resources Law Review (Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev.) ... [Univ. of Montana Sch. of Law]

Other Montana Commentary

Montana Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Montana Court Information

Web Sites
See also the web site for the Montana Judicial Branch.
Supreme Court District Courts Water Court Worker's Compensation Court ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court
1. Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers

Montana Forms

1. Environmental Quality Department
   Complaint / Spill Report

2. Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board: Forms

3. Revenue Department: Forms
   Individual Tax Forms
   Business Tax Forms

4. Secretary of State: Business Entity Forms

5. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

6. U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Forms

7. Workers' Compensation Court: Forms

Other Montana Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature ————— Justice Department [Attorney General] ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
State Bar of Montana Montana County Attorneys Association Montana Trial Lawyers Association ————— Montana Association of Legal Assistants
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Continuing Legal Education—State Bar ————— Bar Admissions ————— University of Montana School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Montana State Law Library Montana Legislative Reference Center University of Montana: William J. Jameson Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Montana Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Montana law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Montana.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Montana Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.