7-4-2201. General qualifications for county office. A person is not eligible for a county office who at the time of election is not:

Terms Used In Montana Code 7-4-2201

  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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)of the voting age required by the Montana constitution;

(2)a citizen of the state; and

(3)(a) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised; or

(b)in the case of an office consolidated between two or more counties, an elector in one of the counties in which the duties of the office are to be exercised.