Rule 1. Title and scope.
(1) These rules shall be referred to as the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure and shall be cited as M. R. App. P.
(2) These rules shall govern proceedings before the supreme court.
History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0016, July 3, 2007, eff. October 1, 2007; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0016, April 26, 2011, eff. October 1, 2011.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 21. Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rule 2. Parties - amicus curiae - captions
Rule 3. Interpretation of time requirements
Rule 4. How and when to take an appeal or cross-appeal
Rule 5. Proceeding without the required filing fee
Rule 6. Application of these rules
Rule 7. Mandatory appellate alternative dispute resolution
Rule 9. Transmission of the record and other matters relating to the record on appeal
Rule 10. Filing and service of papers - generally
Rule 11. Form of briefs and other papers - duplication
Rule 13. Filing and service of briefs
Rule 14. Jurisdiction - extraordinary writs - supervisory control - original proceedings
Rule 15. Certification of questions of law
Rule 18. Media access to court proceedings
Rule 20. Petitions for rehearing
Rule 22. Stay of judgment or order pending appeal
Rule 23. Undertaking for costs on appeal
Rule 27. Notice involving constitutional questions where the state is not a party
Rule 28. Minutes of supreme court