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- 1-1-101 · Definition of law.
- 1-1-102 · How expressed.
- 1-1-103 · Laws -- written or unwritten.
- 1-1-104 · Written law defined.
- 1-1-105 · Constitution and statutes.
- 1-1-106 · Public and private statutes.
- 1-1-107 · Unwritten law defined.
- 1-1-108 · Common law -- applicability of.
- 1-1-109 · Common law of England -- when rule of decision.
- 1-1-110 · Case law -- applicability.
- 1-1-201 · Repealed.
- 1-1-202 · Terms relating to procedure and the judiciary.
- 1-1-203 · Terms relating to instruments and other writings.
- 1-1-204 · Terms denoting state of mind.
- 1-1-205 · Terms relating to property and decedents' estates.
- 1-1-206 · Terms relating to obligations and transactions.
- 1-1-207 · Miscellaneous terms.
- 1-1-208 · Terms relating to legislature.
- 1-1-209 · Terms of wide applicability.
- 1-1-210 · 1-1-210 through 1-1-213 reserved.
- 1-1-214 · Repealed.
- 1-1-215 · Residence -- rules for determining.
- 1-1-216 · Legal holidays and business days.
- 1-1-217 · Notice -- actual and constructive.
- 1-1-218 · Words giving joint authority.
- 1-1-219 · Relationship by affinity.
- 1-1-220 · 1-1-220 through 1-1-223 reserved.
- 1-1-224 · Observance of right to keep and bear arms.
- 1-1-225 · Arbor Day as official day of observance.
- 1-1-226 · Official observance of Montana's hunting heritage.
- 1-1-227 · Bill of rights day.
- 1-1-228 · American Indian heritage day.
- 1-1-229 · State teen driver safety day.
- 1-1-230 · Welcome home Vietnam veterans day.
- 1-1-231 · Juneteenth national freedom day.
- 1-1-232 · Montana prescription drug take-back day.
- 1-1-233 · Montana mining day.
- 1-1-301 · Definitions.
- 1-1-302 · Computation of time -- what calendar used.
- 1-1-303 · Leap year.
- 1-1-304 · Computation of fractions of a year.
- 1-1-305 · Computation of time -- when fractions of a day disregarded.
- 1-1-306 · Computation of time -- which days counted.
- 1-1-307 · Postponement of day appointed for an action when it falls on a holiday or Saturday.
- 1-1-401 · People defined.
- 1-1-402 · Citizens defined.
- 1-1-403 · Allegiance.
- 1-1-404 · Allegiance -- how renounced.
- 1-1-405 · Persons not citizens.
- 1-1-406 · 1-1-406 through 1-1-410 reserved.
- 1-1-411 · Certain state services denied to illegal aliens.
- 1-1-501 · Great seal.
- 1-1-502 · State flag.
- 1-1-503 · State floral emblem.
- 1-1-504 · State bird.
- 1-1-505 · State gem stones.
- 1-1-506 · State grass.
- 1-1-507 · State fish.
- 1-1-508 · State animal.
- 1-1-509 · State fossil.
- 1-1-510 · English as official and primary language of state and local governments.
- 1-1-511 · State ballad.
- 1-1-512 · State Vietnam veterans' memorial.
- 1-1-513 · State arboretum.
- 1-1-514 · State butterfly.
- 1-1-515 · Montana medal of valor established.
- 1-1-516 · State Korean war veterans' memorial -- Butte.
- 1-1-517 · State Korean war veterans' memorial -- Missoula.
- 1-1-518 · State veterans' memorial rose garden.
- 1-1-519 · Montana state firefighters' memorial.
- 1-1-520 · Renumbered 1-1-540.
- 1-1-521 · State Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' memorial.
- 1-1-522 · Repealed.
- 1-1-523 · Montana veterans' memorial.
- 1-1-524 · Northeast Montana veterans memorial park.
- 1-1-525 · Montana cowboy hall of fame.
- 1-1-526 · Official home of Evelyn Cameron gallery -- Terry.
- 1-1-527 · Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument.
- 1-1-528 · State fruit.
- 1-1-529 · State sport.
- 1-1-530 · State lullaby.
- 1-1-531 · State soil.
- 1-1-532 · 1-1-532 through 1-1-539 reserved.
- 1-1-540 · Display of historical writings or documents in or on public buildings or on state land -- definitions.
- 1-1-541 · Display of POW/MIA flag.
- 1-1-542 · 1-1-542 through 1-1-544 reserved.
- 1-1-545 · Legislative findings.
- 1-1-546 · Definitions.
- 1-1-547 · Display of flags and banners on government property.
- 1-2-101 · Role of the judge -- preference to construction giving each provision meaning.
- 1-2-102 · Intention of the legislature -- particular and general provisions.
- 1-2-103 · Statutes in derogation of the common law -- liberal construction.
- 1-2-104 · Preference to construction favoring natural right.
- 1-2-105 · General definitional rules -- verb tense, gender, and number.
- 1-2-106 · Construction of words and phrases.
- 1-2-107 · Applicability of definitions.
- 1-2-108 · Reference to other titles, chapters, parts, sections, or subsections -- subsequent amendments.
- 1-2-109 · When laws retroactive.
- 1-2-110 · All statutes subject to repeal.
- 1-2-111 · Effect of code on special, local, and private statutes.