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.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 90, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 8947, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8947, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2012; amd. Sec. 1428, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 37. Professions and Occupations
37-61-201. Who considered to be practicing law
37-61-203. Clerk, sheriff, or coroner may not practice law
37-61-210. Penalty for practicing without license
37-61-211. Annual license tax -- municipal tax prohibited
37-61-212. Collection of delinquent license tax
37-61-213. Disposition of license tax
37-61-214. Penalty for practicing without certificate indicating payment of tax
37-61-215. Allowance of attorney fees to unlicensed persons forbidden -- authorized paralegal fees