Musselshell County District Court, Montana Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

A telefaxed or electronically submitted document will not be accepted unless it is legible, has all necessary signatures, and does not cause telephone or telefax charges to be reversed to the Court.

The telefaxed or electronically submitted document will not be accepted unless it is completely legible, shows all necessary signatures and does not result in reversal of telephone or telefax charges to be incurred by the Court.

CRITICAL

A party telefaxing or electronically submitting a document that contains more than the attorney's signature must mail the original to the Clerk of Court by first-class mail on the transmission date.

All other parties telefaxing or electronically submitting a document shall, on the date of the transmission, mail the original of the document to the Clerk of Court by first class mail.

WARNING

A document eligible for filing by mail may instead be submitted by telefax or electronic transmission under the stated procedure.

Any document which may be filed by mail may be submitted by telefax or electronic transmission using the following procedure.

WARNING

After receiving the original and confirming it exactly matches the transmitted document, the Clerk must file it and attach it to the transmission.

Upon receipt and confirmation that the original is exactly the same as the telefaxed or electronic transmission, the Clerk shall file and attach the original to the transmitted document.

WARNING

Documents and filings containing only the attorney’s signature may be filed via fax or email, and the original will no longer need to be filed.

Documents and filings containing only the attorney’s signature may be filed via fax or email, and the original will no longer need to be filed.