Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     7-6-2428. Procedure to collect charges when criminal case is removed. (1) The district court of the county to which a criminal action is removed must certify the amount of costs allowed and certified by the court to the board of county commissioners of the county of the district court. Such board shall audit the same and draw its warrants therefor upon the treasury of the county from which the action was removed. The board drawing the warrants shall forward to the treasurer and board of the county from which the action was transferred a certified copy of the total amount allowed by the court, giving each item as certified to them by the clerk of the district court and the court.
     (2) The board receiving the certified copy of the costs allowed shall enter the same in its books as a charge against the treasury of its county. The county treasurer of the county from which the action was removed must, immediately upon presentation, pay the warrants out of the general fund of that county, or if at the time of presentation, there is not sufficient money in the general fund to pay the same, he must endorse upon the warrants "Not paid for want of funds", and the warrants must be registered and draw interest at the same rate and be paid in the same manner as though it had been drawn by the board of the county where the indictment was found or information filed.

     History: En. Sec. 4683, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3201, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4954, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4346; re-en. Sec. 4954, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3804; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 252, L. 1979.

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