{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-4-2201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-4-2201","heading":"General qualifications for county office.","body":"A person is not eligible for a county office who at the time of election is not:\n(1) of the voting age required by the Montana constitution;\n(2) a citizen of the state; and\n(3) (a) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised; or\n(b) in the case of an office consolidated between two or more counties, an elector in one of the counties in which the duties of the office are to be exercised.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 4. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","Part 22. County Officers in General"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0040/part_0220/section_0010/0070-0040-0220-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:40Z","sha256":"70f34ebe503364d88538467ab802df2d5956800fc79e4dbd8a97b742df273faf","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-4-2113","next":"us-mt/7-4-2202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}