{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-2-201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-2-201","heading":"Court order to obtain deposition or attendance of prisoner.","body":"If the witness is a prisoner confined in a jail or prison within this state, an order for the witness's examination in the jail or prison upon deposition or for the witness's temporary removal and production before a court or officer for the purpose of being orally examined may be made as follows:\n(1) by the court itself in which the action or special proceeding is pending unless it is a justice's court;\n(2) by a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the district court of the county where the action or proceeding is pending if pending before a justice's court or before a judge or other person out of court.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES","Part 2. Securing Testimony of Witness Who Is a Prisoner"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0010/0260-0020-0020-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:21Z","sha256":"5730de2ab96c73b8a5b635bc812053d148954569f5511129416ce592a46c2f8e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-2-111","next":"us-mt/26-2-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}