Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 4. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 41. Municipal Officers in General

General Qualifications For Municipal Office

7-4-4104. General qualifications for municipal office. No person is eligible to any municipal office, elective or appointive:

(1) who is not a citizen of the United States; and

(2) who has not met the qualifications prescribed by law or by ordinance adopted by the governing body of a city or town.

History: En. Sec. 365, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 4752, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3228, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5007, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5007, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 76, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 11-713; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 506, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 269, L. 1981.