Code · Montana · Title 3 — Judiciary, Courts · Chapter 1 · Part 3

3-1-302. Nonjudicial day.

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3-1-302 . Nonjudicial day.

(1)No court may be open nor may any judicial business be transacted on legal holidays, as provided for in 1-1-216 , and on a day appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday, except for the following purposes:

(a)to give, upon its request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on its verdict;

(b)to receive a verdict or discharge a jury;

(c)for the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.

(2)Injunctions, writs of prohibition, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on any day.