Montana Code 46-17-402. Fees and fines — collection
46-17-402. Fees and fines — collection. (1) The fees and fines in municipal court must be the same as the fees and fines provided by law or ordinance, and except as provided in 61-8-726 and subsection (2) of this section, all fees and fines collected by the court must be paid into the city treasury.
Terms Used In Montana Code 46-17-402
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Court: means a place where justice is judicially administered and includes the judge of the court. See Montana Code 46-1-202
- Judgment: means an adjudication by a court that the defendant is guilty or not guilty, and if the adjudication is that the defendant is guilty, it includes the sentence pronounced by the court. See Montana Code 46-1-202
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)(a) The municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the municipal court.
(b)In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the municipal court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.
(c)The municipal court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment.