46-17-402. Fees and fines -- collection. - Montana Statutes

     46-17-402. Fees and fines -- collection. (1) The fees and fines in municipal court must be the same as the fees and fines provided by law or ordinance, and except as provided in 61-8-726 and subsection (2) of this section, all fees and fines collected by the court must be paid into the city treasury.
     (2) (a) The municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the municipal court.
     (b) In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the municipal court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.
     (c) The municipal court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment.

     History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.18, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1718; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 63, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 515, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 232, L. 2005.