Montana Code Annotated
Title 3. Judiciary, Courts
Chapter 15. Juries and Jurors

Part 1. Juries -- Definitions and Composition

3-15-101. Jury defined - 3-15-101. Jury defined. A jury is a body of persons...

3-15-102. Kinds of juries - 3-15-102. Kinds of juries. Juries are of three kinds: (1)...

3-15-103. Grand jury defined - 3-15-103. Grand jury defined. A grand jury is a body...

3-15-104. Trial jury defined - 3-15-104. Trial jury defined. Except as provided in 3-20-103, a...

3-15-105. Jury of inquest defined - 3-15-105. Jury of inquest defined. A jury of inquest is...

3-15-106. Number of a trial jury - 3-15-106. Number of a trial jury. (1) A trial jury...

3-15-107. Number in justices' courts - 3-15-107. Number in justices' courts. A jury in a justice's...

Part 2. Jurors' Fees

3-15-201. Fees in courts of record - 3-15-201. Fees in courts of record. (1) A grand or...

3-15-202. Repealed - 3-15-202. Repealed. Sec. 7, Ch. 200, L. 1981. History: En....

3-15-203. Fees in courts not of record and coroner inquests - 3-15-203. Fees in courts not of record and coroner inquests....

3-15-204. Duties of clerk as to jurors - 3-15-204. Duties of clerk as to jurors. (1) The clerk...

3-15-205. Costs of impaneling jury - 3-15-205. Costs of impaneling jury. (1) In a civil action...

Part 3. Jurors -- Competency and Excuses

3-15-301. Who competent -- duty to serve - 3-15-301. Who competent -- duty to serve. It is the...

3-15-302. Inhabitants of local government jurisdiction competent - 3-15-302. Inhabitants of local government jurisdiction competent. (1) On the...

3-15-303. Who not competent - 3-15-303. Who not competent. A person is not competent to...

3-15-304. through 3-15-310 reserved - 3-15-304 through 3-15-310 reserved.

3-15-311. Repealed - 3-15-311. Repealed. Sec. 7, Ch. 51, L. 1981. History: En....

3-15-312. Discharge by court or jury commissioner - 3-15-312. Discharge by court or jury commissioner. The court or...

3-15-313. Who may be excused -- affidavit to claim excuse -- permanent exclusion for chronically incapacitated - 3-15-313. Who may be excused -- affidavit to claim excuse...

3-15-314. Repealed - 3-15-314. Repealed. Sec. 7, Ch. 51, L. 1981; sec. 7,...

3-15-315. through 3-15-320 reserved - 3-15-315 through 3-15-320 reserved.

3-15-321. Attachment and fine for failure to attend - 3-15-321. Attachment and fine for failure to attend. Any juror...

Part 4. Jury Lists

3-15-401. Repealed - 3-15-401. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 133, L. 2007. History: En....

3-15-402. Selection of qualified persons - 3-15-402. Selection of qualified persons. The secretary of state shall...

3-15-403. Jury lists -- filing -- public inspection - 3-15-403. Jury lists -- filing -- public inspection. (1) On...

3-15-404. Duty of jury commissioner -- jury box or computer database - 3-15-404. Duty of jury commissioner -- jury box or computer...

3-15-405. Notice to jurors - 3-15-405. Notice to jurors. The clerk of court shall serve...

3-15-406. through 3-15-410 reserved - 3-15-406 through 3-15-410 reserved.

3-15-411. Term of service of jurors - 3-15-411. Term of service of jurors. (1) The persons whose...

Part 5. Trial Juries -- District Court

3-15-501. Order directing that trial jury be drawn and summoned - 3-15-501. Order directing that trial jury be drawn and summoned....

3-15-502. Repealed - 3-15-502. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 241, L. 1999. History: En....

3-15-503. Drawing -- how conducted - 3-15-503. Drawing -- how conducted. (1) (a) If the drawing...

3-15-504. Drawing by two or more judges in same district - 3-15-504. Drawing by two or more judges in same district....

3-15-505. Repealed - 3-15-505. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 241, L. 1999. History: En....

3-15-506. Obtaining additional jurors when necessary - 3-15-506. Obtaining additional jurors when necessary. (1) If it appears...

3-15-507. Clerk to call list of jurors summoned - 3-15-507. Clerk to call list of jurors summoned. On the...

3-15-508. Repealed - 3-15-508. Repealed. Sec. 7, Ch. 200, L. 1981. History: En....

3-15-509. Manner of impaneling - 3-15-509. Manner of impaneling. (1) Whenever a civil action is...

Part 6. Grand Juries

3-15-601. When and how drawn and summoned - 3-15-601. When and how drawn and summoned. (1) Whenever in...

3-15-602. Who constitutes jury - 3-15-602. Who constitutes jury. (1) When 11 of the persons...

3-15-603. Manner of impaneling - 3-15-603. Manner of impaneling. After the jurors have been selected,...

3-15-604. Drawing and summoning in multijudge districts - 3-15-604. Drawing and summoning in multijudge districts. In districts where...

Part 7. Juries in Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

3-15-701. When and by whom jurors summoned - 3-15-701. When and by whom jurors summoned. When jurors are...

3-15-702. How to be summoned - 3-15-702. How to be summoned. Such jurors must be summoned...

3-15-703. Officer's return - 3-15-703. Officer's return. The officer summoning the jurors shall, at...

3-15-704. Forming jury - 3-15-704. Forming jury. At the time appointed for a jury...

3-15-705. Manner of impaneling - 3-15-705. Manner of impaneling. The jury must be impaneled as...

Part 8. Juries of Inquest

3-15-801. Summoning juries - 3-15-801. Summoning juries. Juries of inquest must be summoned by...

3-15-802. Manner of impaneling - 3-15-802. Manner of impaneling. The manner of impaneling juries of...