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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-304 Disposition of fines for city ordinance violations when appealed
All fines obtained from a judgment in a higher court on an appeal from a city court for violation of a city ordinance, tried de novo in the higher court,
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shall be paid to the county treasurer, who shall, before 31 days after receipt of the sum, forward one-half of the amount to the treasurer of the city in which the action originated.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-402(2) Fees and fines--collection
(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
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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.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-235 Disposition of money collected as fines and costs
Except as provided in 61-8-726, the money collected by a court as a result of the imposition of fines or assessment of costs under the provisions of 46-18-231 and 46-18-232
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must be paid: (1) by the clerk of district court to: (a) the department of revenue for deposit into the state general fund; or (b) if the fine was imposed for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10, and at the court's discretion, the drug forfeiture account maintained under 44-12-213 for the law enforcement agency that made the arrest from which the conviction and fine arose; and (2) by a justice's court pursuant to 3-10-601.
State/statewide agency Law enforcement; county All
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 3-10-601 Collection and disposition of fines, penalties, forfeitures, and fees
(1) Except as provided in 61-8-726 and 75-7-123, a justice's court shall collect the fees prescribed by law for justices' courts and shall pay them into the county treasury of
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the county in which the justice of the peace holds office, on or before the 10th day of each month, to be credited to the general fund of the county.
County NA Misdemeanor
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 3-10-601 Collection and disposition of fines, penalties, forfeitures, and fees
(2) Except as provided in 61-8-726, 75-7-123, and subsection (4) of this section, all fines, penalties, and forfeitures that are required to be imposed, collected, or paid in a justice's
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court must, for each calendar month, be paid by the justice's court on or before the 5th day of the following month to the treasurer of the county in which the justice's court is situated, except that they may be distributed as provided in 44-12-213 if imposed, collected, or paid for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10. (3) Except as provided in 46-18-236(7), 61-8-726, and 75-7-123, the county treasurer shall, as provided in 15-1-504, distribute money received under subsection (2) as follows: (a) 50% to the department of revenue for deposit in the state general fund; and (b) 50% to the county general fund.
County State/statewide agency Misdemeanor
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-603 Disposition of fines and forfeitures
All fines and forfeitures collected in any court except city courts must be applied to the payment of the costs of the case in which the fine is imposed or
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the forfeiture incurred. After those costs are paid, the remainder, if not paid to a justice's court or otherwise provided by law, must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the state general fund.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-251 Allocation of fines, costs, restitution, and other charges
(2) Except as otherwise provided in 46-18-236(7)(b) and this section, if a defendant is subject to payment of restitution and any combination of fines, costs, charges under the provisions of
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46-18-236, or other payments, 50% of all money collected from the defendant must be applied to payment of restitution and the balance must be applied to other payments in the following order: (a) payment of charges imposed pursuant to 46-18-236; (b) payment of supervisory fees imposed pursuant to 46-23-1031; (c) payment of costs imposed pursuant to 46-18-232 or 46-18-233; (d) payment of fines imposed pursuant to 46-18-231 or 46-18-233; and (e) any other payments ordered by the court. (3) The money applied under subsection (2) to the payment of restitution must be paid in the following order: (a) to the victim until the victim's unreimbursed pecuniary loss is satisfied; (b) to the crime victims compensation and assistance program in the department of justice for deposit in the account provided for in 53-9-113 until the state is fully reimbursed for compensation to the victim provided pursuant to Title 53, chapter 9, part 1; (c) to any other government agency that has compensated the victim for the victim's pecuniary loss; and (d) to any insurance company that has compensated the victim for the victim's pecuniary loss. (4) If any fines, costs, charges, or other payments remain unpaid after all of the restitution has been paid, any additional money collected must be applied to payment of those fines, costs, charges, or other payments. If any restitution remains unpaid after all of the fines, costs, charges, or other payments have been paid, any additional money collected must be applied toward payment of the restitution.
Private actors State/statewide agency Misdemeanor