{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-10-513","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-10-513","heading":"Who is the successor.","body":"The justice appointed to fill a vacancy is the successor of the justice whose office became vacant before the expiration of a full term. When a full term expires, the person elected to take the numbered office, as provided in 3-10-201, from that time is the successor.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 10. JUSTICES' COURTS","Part 5. Records in Justices' Courts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0100/part_0050/section_0130/0030-0100-0050-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:42Z","sha256":"27ebb7d6218474659279cd685bc8d21091ef8dbeff87c668b7760ad6730686a7","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-10-512","next":"us-mt/3-10-514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}