Candidates for County Coroner
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About County Coroner
About this position
- Office level
- County
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Typical salary
- $56,209.86
- Affiliation
- Partisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for County Coroner
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
A candidate must be 18 years of age; a citizen of the state; and (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.
- 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 8, 2026 - May 26, 2026
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Clerk's office
- Where to file
- 1200 Main St PO Box 47 Forsyth, MT 59327
- Filing phone
- 406-346-7318
- Step 3
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