Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 4. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 25. Compensation and Official Fees

Prohibition Upon Receiving Other Fees

7-4-2519. Prohibition upon receiving other fees. The officers named above may receive no other fees for any services performed by them in any action or proceeding or for the performance of any service for which fees are allowed, and the party demanding or receiving any fees not herein allowed is liable to refund the same to the party aggrieved, with treble the amount as damages, in addition to the cost of suit.

History: En. Sec. 4616, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3149, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4897, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4897, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 25-213; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 443, L. 1979.