{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-3-203","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-3-203","heading":"Prepayment of cost of service.","body":"An officer or registered process server receiving papers for service may not be required to serve papers for service unless the person on whose behalf the service is made or that person's agent or attorney first pays the cost of the service upon a demand by the officer or registered process server.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 3. SERVICE OF PROCESS AND OTHER PAPERS","Part 2. Service by an Officer"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0030/part_0020/section_0030/0250-0030-0020-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:00Z","sha256":"1b70c5cdabf079b2afc3f3381ff422be8def4c77c7915f6cfc0b471669d8be28","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-3-202","next":"us-mt/25-3-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}