Pondera County District Court, Montana Filing Timing and Cure Windows

File the written bail-transfer request with the justice of the peace contemporaneously with the District Court motion.

(1) The county attorney must, contemporaneously with the filing of the motion in District Court, file a written request with the justice of the peace asking that the bail be transferred to the District Court;

Deliver bail to the clerk when the papers transferring the case to District Court are filed.

At the time the papers transferring the case to the District Court are filed with the Clerk of Court, the bail must also be delivered to the clerk.

A written stipulation or appropriate pleading must be filed within two days after the contested matter is resolved.

A written stipulation or appropriate pleading shall subsequently be filed within two days.

After all briefs are filed or the briefing time expires, at least one party must file a Notice of Issue stating that the matter is ready for a ruling.

When all briefs have been filed, or the time for filing of briefs has expired, at least one party shall file a "Notice of Issue" with the court indicating that the matter is ready for ruling by the court.

A defendant's motion to dismiss without a timely supporting brief is deemed overruled, and the moving party has twenty days after clerk notice to plead further.

Motions to Dismiss by a Defendant not supported by a timely brief shall be deemed overruled and the moving party shall have twenty days after notice from the clerk to further plead.