7-4-2201. General qualifications for county office. A person is not eligible for a county office who at the time of election is not:
(1) of the voting age required by the Montana constitution;
(2) a citizen of the state; and
(3) (a) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised; or
(b) in the case of an office consolidated between two or more counties, an elector in one of the counties in which the duties of the office are to be exercised.
History: En. Sec. 4310, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2955, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4101; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 423, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2401; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 60, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Officers and Employees
Part 22. County Officers in General
7-4-2201. General qualifications for county office
7-4-2202. General qualifications for district or township offices
7-4-2205. Term of office -- oath
7-4-2206. Vacancies -- appointment of interim officer
7-4-2207. Duty of officers to complete official business
7-4-2208. Absence of county officers from state
7-4-2209. Authority to administer oaths
7-4-2210. Restriction on practice of law by certain officers
7-4-2212. Official bonds of county officers
7-4-2213. Inspection of official bonds
7-4-2214. through 7-4-2220 reserved
7-4-2221. Manner of keeping records and storing documents
7-4-2222. Substitution of reproduction for original document