30-14-121. Duties of county attorney. It is the duty of the county attorney to lend to the department the assistance that the department may request in the commencement and prosecution of actions pursuant to this part. The county attorney, on request of the department or another county attorney, may initiate all procedures and prosecute actions in the same manner as provided for the department. If an action is prosecuted by the county attorney alone, the county attorney shall notify the department as to the nature of the action and the parties to the action within 30 days of the filing of the action. The county attorney shall report on the action to the department within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter.
History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 275, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 407, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 85-416; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 280, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 14. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
Part 1. Consumer Protection Act
30-14-104. Federal interpretation -- rules determining unfair competition and deception
30-14-106. and 30-14-107 reserved
30-14-109. and 30-14-110 reserved
30-14-111. Department to restrain unlawful acts
30-14-112. Assurance of compliance
30-14-113. Investigative demand
30-14-114. Department authority
30-14-115. Service of process -- how made
30-14-116. through 30-14-120 reserved
30-14-121. Duties of county attorney
30-14-122. Employment of investigator by county attorney
30-14-123. through 30-14-130 reserved
30-14-131. Restoration -- court orders
30-14-132. Powers of receiver -- proof of damages -- jurisdiction
30-14-134. Enforcement of department orders -- contempt
30-14-135. through 30-14-140 reserved
30-14-141. Dissolution or forfeiture of corporate franchise
30-14-145. through 30-14-150 reserved
30-14-151. Renumbered 30-14-2201
30-14-152. Renumbered 30-14-2202
30-14-153. Renumbered 30-14-2203
30-14-154. Renumbered 30-14-2204
30-14-155. Renumbered 30-14-2205