{"data":{"id":"us-mt/5-5-421","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"5-5-421","heading":"Two-thirds vote necessary to conviction.","body":"The defendant cannot be convicted on impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, voting by ayes and noes. If two-thirds of the members elected do not concur in a conviction, the defendant must be acquitted.","path":["TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","CHAPTER 5. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES","Part 4. Impeachment"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0050/chapter_0050/part_0040/section_0210/0050-0050-0040-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:54Z","sha256":"36786f043bd7499c5ee969595c46c84d3302430e3c80cd984ba16c1fcd593eb3","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/5-5-420","next":"us-mt/5-5-422"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}