Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 10. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS

Part 2. Preprimary Procedures

Filing Fees

13-10-202. Filing fees. Filing fees are as follows:

(1) for offices having an annual salary of $2,500 or less and candidates for the legislature, $15;

(2) for county offices having an annual salary of more than $2,500, 0.5% of the total annual salary;

(3) for president, an amount equivalent to the filing fee required for a United States senate candidate;

(4) for other offices having an annual salary of more than $2,500, 1% of the total annual salary;

(5) for offices in which compensation is paid in fees, $10;

(6) for officers of political parties, presidential electors, and officers who receive no salary or fees, no filing fee is required.

History: En. Sec. 59, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 28, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 246, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3304(5); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 172, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 462, L. 2023.