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Montana has a court system that includes district courts, justice
courts, city courts, municipal courts, the Montana water court
and the workers’ compensation court. The Montana district
courts are the highest trial courts in the state and have general
jurisdiction on all civil and criminal cases. These courts usually
hear cases that fall out of the jurisdiction of the lower courts.
They mostly handle criminal cases such as felonies and misdemeanors,
and civil cases such as for claims and also probate cases. They
have exclusive jurisdiction when it comes to cases which involve
money damages against the state of Montana.
The Montana justice courts handle both civil as well as criminal
cases. They generally hear civil cases that involve claims of
less than $7,000 and they also have a separate section of small
claims. Probate cases are not hears in the justice courts. The
city courts handle cases that deal with city ordinance violations
and also share jurisdiction with municipal courts. The Montana
water court deals with cases regarding water rights and the workers’
compensation court hears cases under the Montana employees’
compensation act.
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