{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-5-112","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-5-112","heading":"Authority of chief justice.","body":"(1) The chief justice may by written order assign a district judge to hold court in a county of another district if:\n(a) for any cause a district court in another district is not or cannot be held in any county by a judge of the other district or acting for the other district; or\n(b) the business of the court in the other district is not or cannot be dispatched with reasonable promptness.\n(2) A district judge assigned to another district pursuant to subsection (1) shall hold court in the other district for the time specified in the order.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT COURTS","Part 1. Definition of Districts and Assignment of Judges"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0120/0030-0050-0010-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:34Z","sha256":"0d9cd92bf8fd677cc15b5ab4dec4a4753b8ee9cd4580acc527c282beb0b42a02","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-5-111","next":"us-mt/3-5-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}