Montana
Regulatory profile maintained from Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10).
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Last reviewed 2026-09-10. Always confirm the current rule on the official source before acting.
Bar & Regulation
- Bar / regulatory authority
- State Bar of Montana
- Attorney registration lookup
- www.montanabar.org/For-Attorneys/Attorney-Director…
- Rules of professional conduct
- www.montanabar.org/ethics
- Ethics opinions
- www.montanabar.org/Ethics/Ethics-Opinions
- Ethics hotline
- Research pending
- Mandatory bar
- Research pending
- Client security fund
- www.montanabar.org/For-The-Public/Lawyers-Fund-for…
Trust Accounts & Fees
- IOLTA authority
- Montana Justice Foundation
- Trust recordkeeping rules
- Under Montana RPC 1.15, client trust accounts must be maintained according to IOLTA rules and complete records must be maintained and preserved for at least five years.
- Fee agreement requirements
- Under Montana RPC 1.5, lawyers must explain the fee basis to the client, and all contingent fee agreements must be reduced to writing and signed.
- Flat-fee / advance-fee treatment
- Research pending
- Limited-scope representation
- Research pending
CLE & Advertising
- Current CLE requirements
- Attorneys must complete 15 hours of approved CLE credits each year, including at least 2 credits of legal ethics or professional responsibility.
- Advertising / solicitation rules
- www.montanabar.org
- Trade-name / firm-name rules
- Under Montana RPC 7.1 and 7.5, trade names are permissible so long as they are not false, misleading, or implying an unauthorized official status.
Practice & Remote
- Remote / virtual practice guidance
- Research pending
- Multijurisdictional / UPL rules
- Research pending
- Succession / designated-successor
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurance rules
- Research pending
- Data security / breach guidance
- Research pending
- Permitted entity types
- Research pending
Business Formation
- Secretary of State
- sosmt.gov
- State tax department
- mtrevenue.gov
- Local business registration
- Research pending
Courts & E-Filing
- State court homepage
- courts.mt.gov
- Trial court directory
- Research pending
- Appellate court directory
- Research pending
- E-filing portal
- courts.mt.gov/efiling
- Court forms
- courts.mt.gov/forms
- Civil procedure rules
- Research pending
- Rules of evidence
- Research pending
- Case-law search
- courts.mt.gov/opinions_orders
- Statutes / codes
- leg.mt.gov
- Regulations / admin decisions
- Research pending
Federal Courts
- Federal district courts
- Research pending
- Federal bankruptcy courts
- Research pending
- Federal court admission
- Research pending
- Pro hac vice rules
- Under the Montana Rules for Admission, an out-of-state attorney must associate with an active Montana counsel, submit an application and fee to the State Bar, and obtain court approval.
Support & Resources
- Lawyer assistance / wellness
- www.montanabar.org/For-Attorneys/Montana-Lawyers-A…
- Law libraries
- Research pending
- Practice management assistance
- Research pending
- Incubators / mentoring / referral
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurers / guidance
- Research pending
Verification record
- Review date
- 2026-09-10
- Source authority
- Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10)
- Status
- Verified
2026-09-10: Regulatory links and rule summaries added from official primary sources.
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