{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-6-204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-6-204","heading":"Disqualification -- judge pro tempore.","body":"When a judge of a municipal court has been disqualified or is sick or unable to act, the judge shall call in a sitting or retired judge of a court of record or an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Montana and is in good standing to act as a judge pro tempore. The judge pro tempore has the same power and authority as the municipal court judge.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 6. MUNICIPAL COURTS","Part 2. Municipal Court Judges"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0060/part_0020/section_0040/0030-0060-0020-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:38Z","sha256":"10307eb22f1b616a36212e3fa2263af6088b87ac30cfce1a069ba545317371c6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-6-203","next":"us-mt/3-6-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}