{"data":{"id":"us-mt/23-5-308","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"23-5-308","heading":"Card game dealers -- license.","body":"(1) Except as provided in 23-5-318, a person may not deal cards in a live card game of panguingue or poker without being licensed annually by the department.\n(2) The fee for the first year in which the license is effective is $75, and the annual renewal fee is $25. The fee may not be prorated.\n(3) The department shall retain for administrative purposes the license fee charged for the issuance of a dealer's license.\n(4) A licensed dealer shall keep on the dealer's person and display upon request the dealer's license when working as a dealer.\n(5) (a) The department shall adopt rules to implement temporary licensing procedures until a permanent license is issued to a dealer.\n(b) The rules must provide that a temporary license:\n(i) may be issued at a local department office or at another public location designated by the department; and\n(ii) may only be issued upon the payment of the license application fee and submission of an application, required fingerprints, and proof that the applicant for a temporary license has a verifiable offer of employment from a licensed operator or card room contractor.","path":["TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING","CHAPTER 5. GAMBLING","Part 3. Card Games Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0230/chapter_0050/part_0030/section_0080/0230-0050-0030-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:54Z","sha256":"e3d434890e265ce0411f3c49de6c3b8667bfd662095564989fe62baf01051390","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/23-5-307","next":"us-mt/23-5-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}