Sanders County District Court, Montana Filing Timing and Cure Windows

The settlement master must file the conference report and its result within five days after the conference.

Upon completion of the master-supervised settlement conference, the settlement master shall immediately contact the Judge’s Judicial Assistant to advise that the case has settled so that any action on court hearings or pending motions can be vacated and within five days file a report of the conference and its result.

Bail must be delivered to the District Court Clerk when the case-transfer papers are filed.

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

The County Attorney must file a written request to transfer bail with the Justice of the Peace at the same time the motion is filed in District Court.

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;

The certification about the lawyers’ resolution conference and whether the case settled is due within ten days after the conference.

Within ten days after the conference, the plaintiff/petitioner or counsel for plaintiff/petitioner shall submit to the Court a certification that the lawyers’ resolution conference was held and shall advise whether or not the case was settled.

In a criminal proceeding, the Order for Leave to File an Information must be signed and filed within 10 days for defendants in custody and within 30 days for defendants not in custody.

In a criminal proceeding the Order for Leave to File an Information must be signed and filed within 10 days for defendants in custody and within 30 days for defendants not in custody.

The parties must notify the Court of their intent no later than 24 hours before sentencing.

If a case is eligible for waiver of the Pre-Sentence Investigation, and the parties agree to seek waiver and go directly to sentencing at Change of Plea, the parties must inform the Court of that intent by providing the Judicial Assistant, via email, a copy of the Plea Agreement (in Word format) setting forth such requested waiver, or other notice of a desire to waive, no later than 24 hours prior to sentencing.

The Justice of the Peace must promptly endorse the bail information on both copies and transfer the bail to the District Court.

The Justice of the Peace must forthwith endorse upon the original request and the duplicate copy the proper information regarding the nature of the bail and must forthwith transfer the bail to the District Court as provided in a. or b. above.