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About City Municipal Court Judge
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for City Municipal Court Judge
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
Candidate must be a U.S. citizen, must be a county resident for at least 1 year, and must be licensed to practice law in Montana for at least 3 years. They must attend two Supreme Court-supervised training conferences each year and pass a Certification Examination each term. Failure to attend a training conference or pass the examination creates a vacancy.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Filing fee: 0.5% of total annual position salary; signature requirement: 5% or more of the total vote cast for the successful candidate for the same office at the last general election. If the office sought is a new office or the boundaries of the district or political subdivision in which the election is to be held have changed since the last election for the office, the officer with whom nominations for the office sought are filed shall determine the number of signatures required for a petition of nomination for that office.
- Filing period
- January 14, 2021 - March 15, 2021
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Election Administrator's office.
- Where to file
- 200 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT 59802
- Filing phone
- 406-258-4752
- Step 3
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