{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-1-901","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-1-901","heading":"Judicial vacancy -- notice.","body":"(1) (a) Upon receiving notice from the chief justice of the supreme court, the governor shall appoint a candidate, as provided in this part, to fill any vacancy on the supreme court or the district court.\n(b) The chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint a candidate to fill any term or vacancy for the chief water judge or associate water judge pursuant to 3-7-221.\n(2) Within 10 days of the date of receipt by the governor of the notice from the chief justice of the supreme court that a vacancy has occurred or the effective date of a judicial resignation has been announced, the governor shall notify the public, including media outlets with general statewide circulation and other appropriate sources, that a vacancy has been announced, including the deadline within which applications must be received.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY","Part 9. Judicial Vacancies"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0010/part_0090/section_0010/0030-0010-0090-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:29Z","sha256":"3d1da9ee13108fc15d61d91b08e2729dc4c79a08c43ffa8c4e02ac858ec977a8","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-1-814","next":"us-mt/3-1-902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}