7-4-2517. Itemized receipt for fees. Every officer, upon receiving any fees for official duty or service, may be required by the person paying the fee to make and deliver to the person a written account of the fees, specifying for what they accrued, respectively, and shall issue a receipt for the fee. If the officer refuses or neglects to issue an account and a receipt when required, the officer is liable to the party paying the fee in treble the amount paid.
History: En. Sec. 4614, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3147, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4895, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4895, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 25-211; amd. Sec. 416, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Officers and Employees
Part 25. Compensation and Official Fees
7-4-2501. Compensation of county officers
7-4-2503. Salary schedule for certain county officers -- county compensation board
7-4-2504. Salaries to be fixed by resolution -- cost-of-living increments
7-4-2505. Amount of compensation for deputies and assistants
7-4-2507. Deputy sheriff and undersheriff provisions -- construction
7-4-2508. Compensation of undersheriff and deputy sheriff -- definitions
7-4-2509. Sheriff's office -- work period in lieu of workweek -- overtime compensation
7-4-2510. Sheriff's office -- longevity payments
7-4-2511. Collection and disposal of fees
7-4-2512. Statement and affidavit of fees collected
7-4-2513. Filing of statements and affidavits
7-4-2514. Filing required to receive salary
7-4-2515. Fees to be paid in advance
7-4-2516. Fees not required in certain cases
7-4-2517. Itemized receipt for fees
7-4-2518. Statement of fees to be posted
7-4-2519. Prohibition upon receiving other fees
7-4-2520. Misconduct concerning official fees to result in vacancy of office
7-4-2521. Designation of person to receive decedent's warrants or paychecks -- reissuance