25-10-405. Governmental entities not required to prepay fees -- exceptions. The state, a county, a municipality, or any subdivision thereof or any officer when prosecuting or defending an action on behalf of the state, a county, a municipality, or a subdivision thereof is not required to pay or deposit any fee or amount to or with any officer during the prosecution or defense of an action, except the fee under 25-1-201(1)(p) for filing a motion for substitution of a judge, the fee under 25-1-201(1)(r) for filing a pleading by facsimile or e-mail, and all fees for photocopies, postage and handling, certifications, authentications, and record searches.
History: En. Sec. 564, p. 150, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 504, p. 173, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 504, 1st Div. Rev. Stat 1879; re-en. Sec. 517, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; en. Sec. 1874, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7177, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9810, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 9810, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-8626(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 318, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 466, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 570, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 344, L. 2013.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Officers' Fees, Prepayment
25-10-401. Itemization of officer's fees
25-10-402. No charge for copies furnished by party
25-10-404. Poor persons not required to prepay fees -- definition
25-10-405. Governmental entities not required to prepay fees -- exceptions
25-10-406. Collection of clerk's and sheriff's costs after judgment