Montana Code 25-10-201. Costs generally allowable
25-10-201. Costs generally allowable. A party to whom costs are awarded in an action is entitled to include in the party’s bill of costs the party’s necessary disbursements, as follows:
Terms Used In Montana Code 25-10-201
- Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1)the legal fees of witnesses, including mileage, or referees and other officers;
(2)the expenses of taking depositions;
(3)the legal fees for publication when publication is directed;
(4)the legal fees paid for filing and recording papers and certified copies of papers necessarily used in the action or on the trial;
(5)the legal fees paid stenographers for per diem or for copies;
(6)the reasonable expenses of printing papers for a hearing when required by a rule of court;
(7)the reasonable expenses of making transcript for the supreme court;
(8)the reasonable expenses for making a map or maps if required and necessary to be used on trial or hearing; and
(9)other reasonable and necessary expenses that are taxable according to the course and practice of the court or by express provision of law.