Toole County District Court, Montana Filing Rules

When the clerk must provide copies, parties must supply all copies needed for conformed copies and provide pre-addressed envelopes for every party of record.

Any pleading filed in any civil action which does not conform to Rule 10 or 11 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure may be stricken by the court on its own initiative.

A Notice of Issue must be filed after all briefs are filed or the time to file briefs expires.

Counsel and parties should confirm hearing dates with the Clerk of District Court.

Scheduling-order dates may be changed only by court order upon a showing of good cause, and a motion to extend deadlines or dates must state the trial date if one is set.

If any pertinent document is filed within forty-eight hours of a contested hearing or oral argument, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the judge's chambers.

The Notice of Issue filer must serve a copy on the court at chambers and certify that supplemental service in the original Notice’s certificate of service.

Unless otherwise ordered, the following motions do not require a brief and may be ruled on summarily without prior notice to opposing counsel: Motions to Set/Reset/Vacate Hearings for: - Arraignments - Bench Trials - Telephonic Hearings - Answer Hearing: - Change of Pleas - Bail Hearing - Evidentiary Hearings - Status Conference - Dispositional Hearings - Omnibus Hearing - Miscellaneous Hearings - Final Pre-Trial Conference - Vacate any Pre-Trial Hearing - Jury Trials and Set for Change of Plea - Sentencing Miscellaneous Motions: - Add Witnesses - Additional Time to File/Respond to Briefs - Change Conditions of Release Chemical Evaluation - State to Pay the Costs Discovery Request Mental Evaluation - State to Pay the Costs Neuro-Psycho Evaluation - State to Pay the Costs Psychological Evaluation - State to Pay the Costs Quash Order Quash Bench Warrant Quash Transportation Order Reinstate Bond and Release Defendant Release - Quash Bench Warrant Release Defendant's Persorial Property Request for Credit For Time Served Request for Defendant Attend Funeral and Wear Street Clothes Request for Defendant to Leave _ County/State of Montana Request for Interpreter - State to Pay Costs Seal Plea Agreement Sex Offender Evaluation - State to Pay Costs - State to Pay for Costs of Deposition Substitution of Counsel Transport Defendant

Initial and Answer Briefs are limited to twenty pages and Reply Briefs to ten pages, unless the court grants leave for good cause.

Any filing fee required by statute must accompany the document, or the document will not be filed.