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Title 2 - GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATIONChapter 1 - SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION
Part 1 - SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OF THE STATE
Section 2-1-101 - Sovereignty and style of process

Mont. Code § 2-1-101

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Section 2-1-101 - Sovereignty and style of process

The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, but the style of all process must be "The State of Montana", and all prosecutions must be conducted in the name of the state.

§ 2-1-101, MCA

En. Sec. 30, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 20, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 19, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 30; re-en. Sec. 19, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 83-101.