{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-18-235","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-18-235","heading":"Disposition of money collected as fines and costs.","body":"Except as provided in 61-8-726, the money collected by a court as a result of the imposition of fines or assessment of costs under the provisions of 46-18-231 and 46-18-232 must be paid:\n(1) by the clerk of district court to:\n(a) the department of revenue for deposit into the state general fund; or\n(b) if the fine was imposed for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10, and at the court's discretion, the drug forfeiture account maintained under 44-12-213 for the law enforcement agency that made the arrest from which the conviction and fine arose; and\n(2) by a justice's court pursuant to 3-10-601.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 18. SENTENCE AND JUDGMENT","Part 2. Form of Sentence"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0350/0460-0180-0020-0350.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:51Z","sha256":"a714081cf5c277941dd9986cccaf430d527bca7fcf63c67748fcd4ba41880e6a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-18-234","next":"us-mt/46-18-236"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}