Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 19. UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT RULES

Part 1. Rules

Attorney's Copied Or Electronically-Generated Signature

Rule 16 - Attorney's Copied or Electronically-Generated Signature. 

(a) An attorney's copied or electronically-generated signature shall be deemed original for all court-filed documents.

(b) Pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(E), some or all of the parties may stipulate to provide service of all papers required to be served under M. R. Civ. P. 5(a)(1) by electronic means, including papers provided in response to written discovery requests. All parties that choose to accept service by electronic means shall sign a stipulation to be filed with the Court. Any party that chooses not to stipulate to service by electronic means must be served by one of the other methods identified in M. R. Civ. P. 5(b).

History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0110, Sept. 16, 2014, eff. Sept. 16, 2014; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0110, Oct. 29, 2019, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.