37-61-214. Penalty for practicing without certificate indicating payment of tax. An attorney may not practice or be permitted to practice in any of the courts of record in this state until the attorney has paid a license tax for the current fiscal year and procured a certificate, as provided in 37-61-211, and any attorney violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 37-61-214

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201