37-51-312. No taxation by municipality. (1) A license fee or license tax may not be imposed on a real estate broker or salesperson as a condition to the practice of the broker’s or salesperson’s profession by a municipality or any other political subdivision of the state, including a local government with self-governing powers.

Terms Used In Montana Code 37-51-312

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(2)This section does not prohibit a municipality or other political subdivision of the state from imposing a general business license fee or general business license tax on an establishment as a condition of conducting business in the municipality’s or other political subdivision’s jurisdiction.