Jefferson County District Court, Montana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pre discovery disclosure

Each party must serve an appropriate disclosure within 30 days after entry of the case scheduling order.

Each party shall serve an appropriate disclosure not later than 30 days after entry of the case scheduling order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document offered for filing

Documents offered for filing other than complaints must include documentation demonstrating service, and any document requiring a certificate of service must have it attached.

Proper documentation demonstrating service must accompany all documents offered for filing other than a complaint. The Court will not consider any documents requiring a certificate of service that do not have a certificate of service attached.

CRITICAL

The notice of termination must be served on the attorney’s client and the opposing party before counsel is relieved.

After the final disposition of a case and after the time for appeal has expired, an attorney is relieved of the attorney’s duties as counsel of record, provided the attorney first files a notice of termination with the Clerk of Court and serves the notice on their client and the opposing party.

CRITICAL

After termination, notice must be served on the opposing party under Rule 4(D), M. R. Civ. P.

Thereafter, notice must be served on the opposing party as provided in Rule 4(D), M. R. Civ. P.

WARNING

The Clerk may distribute orders and minute entries by email, and parties must provide the Clerk with the email addresses for those copies.

To promote the electronic storage and exchange of documents and reduce redundant scanning of documents produced by the Court, the Clerk of Court may distribute copies of Court orders and minute entries by email rather than by hard copy. A party shall provide the Clerk of Court with the email address(es) to which copies of orders or minute entries are to be mailed.

WARNING

A party that electronically files any document is deemed to have consented in writing to electronic receipt of documents.

A party who has filed any document in the Court electronically is deemed to have provided written consent to receive documents electronically. (Rule 5(b)(2)(E), M. R. Civ. P.)