Montana Code 3-10-303. Criminal jurisdiction
3-10-303. Criminal jurisdiction. (1) The justices’ courts have jurisdiction of public offenses committed within the respective counties in which the courts are established as follows:
Terms Used In Montana Code 3-10-303
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a)except as provided in subsection (2), jurisdiction of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both;
(b)jurisdiction of all misdemeanor violations of fish and game statutes punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both;
(c)concurrent jurisdiction with district courts of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine exceeding $500 or imprisonment exceeding 6 months, or both;
(d)concurrent jurisdiction with district courts of all misdemeanor violations of fish and game statutes punishable by a fine exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment exceeding 6 months, or both;
(e)jurisdiction to act as examining and committing courts and for that purpose to conduct preliminary hearings;
(f)jurisdiction of all violations of Title 61, chapter 10; and
(g)all misdemeanor violations of Title 81, chapter 8, part 2.
(2)In any county that has established a drug treatment court or a mental health treatment court, the district court, with the consent of all judges of the courts of limited jurisdiction in the county, has concurrent jurisdiction of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.