{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-3-432","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-3-432","heading":"Legal officer.","body":"A legal officer, who may be called the county attorney:\n(1) may be elected;\n(2) may be appointed by the local government commission;\n(3) may be appointed by the presiding officer of the local government commission;\n(4) may be selected as provided by ordinance;\n(5) may at the discretion of the commission be selected as provided by ordinance; or\n(6) may not be included in this form as a separate office.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Part 4. Commission Government"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0030/part_0040/section_0320/0070-0030-0040-0320.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:26Z","sha256":"d528b389d9708127ea3c0c80d03cc88c15f9593c852220be7324a2a1d3d51f29","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-3-431","next":"us-mt/7-3-433"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}