Sanders County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Proposed orders accompanying such e-filed motions must be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.

All such motions filed via e-filing shall include a proposed order that is submitted in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format and that replaces the traditional signature block with the following: “ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED AND DATED BELOW.”

CRITICAL

Briefs must follow Montana Uniform District Court Rule 1 and use a font no smaller than 11 point; a nonconforming pleading will not be filed by the Clerk and will be returned.

Please refer to Montana Uniform District Court Rule 1, except that the font size shall be no smaller than 11 point. Any pleading filed in any action which does not conform to Rule 1 of the Montana Uniform District Court Rules shall not be filed by the Clerk and shall be returned to the party submitting it.

WARNING

Unless the Court orders otherwise, plaintiffs and petitioners must identify exhibits by number, while defendants and respondents must identify them by letter.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, plaintiffs/petitioners shall use numbers to identify their exhibits, and defendants/respondents shall use letters.

WARNING

A copy of the Plea Agreement provided to the Judicial Assistant for this purpose must be in Word format; the parties may instead provide another notice of their desire to waive.

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.