{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-17-404","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-17-404","heading":"Appeals.","body":"(1) A party may appeal to district court from a judgment of municipal court.\n(2) Appeal from a municipal court may be limited by requiring by ordinance that a minimum amount in controversy, not to exceed $200, be met before the district court has jurisdiction to hear the appeal, except:\n(a) if the judgment of the municipal court includes incarceration, no minimum amount in controversy may be required for appeal; and\n(b) upon petition by an aggrieved party, the district court may, in the interests of justice, accept appeal jurisdiction notwithstanding the amount in controversy.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 17. LOWER COURT PROCEEDINGS","Part 4. Procedure in Municipal Court"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0170/part_0040/section_0040/0460-0170-0040-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:50Z","sha256":"88f80d00cd2c44cf7274d9f5ca02ec285861a4159a9e369033a4536c74511a1e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-17-403","next":"us-mt/46-18-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}