Missoula County District Court, Montana Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Fee

120

Applies to

Miscellaneous filing

A $120 commencement-of-action filing fee is charged for each miscellaneous filing, which must be filed in its own separate cause of action.

The Clerk of Court shall file each miscellaneous filing in its own separate cause of action and, pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 25-1-201(1)(a), shall charge the $120 commencement of action filing fee.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition for post conviction relief or writ of habeas corpus

The Clerk must file post-conviction relief and habeas petitions as civil proceedings and waive their filing fees.

The Clerk of Court shall file Petitions for Post-Conviction Relief and Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus as civil proceedings and waive any filing fee.

CRITICAL

Fee

0.5

Applies to

Email or fax filing

Email and facsimile filings must include a fee of $0.50 per page.

Documents may be submitted for filing by email or facsimile and must be accompanied by the fee of $.50/page required by Mont. Code Ann. § 25-1-201(1)(r).

WARNING

Costs of settlement master shall be included in the final judgment; however, unless the parties agree otherwise, the settlement master should be paid 50% by each party at the time of the settlement conference.

Costs of settlement master shall be included in the final judgment; however, unless the parties agree otherwise, the settlement master should be paid 50% by each party at the time of the settlement conference.

WARNING

The parties must agree on responsibility for paying the settlement master’s fees.

The parties shall agree upon responsibility for payment of the fees charged by the settlement master.

WARNING

Settlement conference fees are waived when the Court has approved an Affidavit of Inability to Pay Filing Fees.

Fees are waived when the Court has approved an Affidavit of Inability to Pay Filing Fees.

WARNING

The parties must share the Settlement Master’s fees equally unless they agree on another allocation.

The parties shall be equally responsible for payment of the fees charged by the Settlement Master or shall agree among them the responsibility for payment of those fees.