Montana Code 46-18-235. Disposition of money collected as fines and costs
46-18-235. Disposition of money collected as fines and costs. Except as provided in 61-8-726, the money collected by a court as a result of the imposition of fines or assessment of costs under the provisions of 46-18-231 and 46-18-232 must be paid:
Terms Used In Montana Code 46-18-235
- Court: means a place where justice is judicially administered and includes the judge of the court. See Montana Code 46-1-202
- 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
(1)by the clerk of district court to:
(a)the department of revenue for deposit into the state general fund; or
(b)if the fine was imposed for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10, and at the court’s discretion, the drug forfeiture account maintained under 44-12-213 for the law enforcement agency that made the arrest from which the conviction and fine arose; and
(2)by a justice’s court pursuant to 3-10-601.