{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-61-214","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-61-214","heading":"Penalty for practicing without certificate indicating payment of tax.","body":"An attorney may not practice or be permitted to practice in any of the courts of record in this state until the attorney has paid a license tax for the current fiscal year and procured a certificate, as provided in 37-61-211, and any attorney violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 61. ATTORNEYS AT LAW","Part 2. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0610/part_0020/section_0140/0370-0610-0020-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:16Z","sha256":"29c4ff92945c8bd45ac1c4b50dd9b1956fbd6f1b6ca58684fdc65799c3aebef8","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-61-213","next":"us-mt/37-61-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}