Montana Pleading Paper Template
Montana district court papers are filed on standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch recycled paper, bound firmly at the top, in type not smaller than pica, spaced one and one-half or double, with a line-keyed first-page caption under Uniform District Court Rule 1.
Introduction
In Montana, court documents are not numbered-line pleading paper but plain paper with a caption set by the state's rules of court, as explained below. Montana opens its court-paper format with the page itself: under Uniform District Court Rule 1, papers presented for filing must be on standard quality opaque, unglazed, recycled paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size, bound firmly at the top. The first page is line-keyed. It commences at line 1 at the left margin, single spaced, with the name of the attorney or party responsible for the pleadings together with the telephone number and complete mailing address for service of papers, and lines 1 through 7 of the right one-half of the page are left blank for the use of the clerk. Below that come the court title, the case title at the left, and the case number and document identification on the right opposite the title. Montana is not a numbered-line pleading-paper state; the line keys structure the caption, but consecutive left-margin line numbering is not required. Type must be not smaller than pica and equally legible to printing, and the body is spaced one and one-half or double (single is permitted for quotations and property descriptions). A filing that ignores the paper, binding, or caption rules can be rejected by the clerk. DocDraft drafts your document on properly formatted Montana court format from your facts, with attorney review available before you file.
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Key Things to Know
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Papers must be on standard quality opaque, unglazed, recycled paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, bound firmly at the top, under Uniform District Court Rule 1.
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The first page commences at line 1 at the left margin, single spaced, with the name, telephone number, and complete mailing address of the attorney or party responsible for the pleadings, under UDCR Rule 1.
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Lines 1 through 7 of the right one-half of the first page are left blank for the use of the clerk, under UDCR Rule 1.
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Type must be not smaller than pica and equally legible to printing, under UDCR Rule 1.
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The body is spaced one and one-half or double, with single spacing permitted for quotations and property descriptions, under UDCR Rule 1.
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Pages are numbered consecutively at the bottom under UDCR Rule 1.
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Montana uses a line-keyed caption but does not require consecutive numbered lines down the page; it is not a numbered-line pleading-paper state.
Key decisions before you file
Before you file a Pleading Paper in Montana, a few decisions shape the document: which option to choose and what each one means. The Pleading Paper guide walks through them.
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Montana Requirements for Pleading Paper
Paper and binding
Standard quality opaque, unglazed, recycled paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, bound firmly at the top, under Uniform District Court Rule 1.
Line-keyed first-page caption
The first page commences at line 1 at the left margin, single spaced, with the responsible attorney or party name, telephone, and complete mailing address for service, under UDCR Rule 1.
Clerk space reserved
Lines 1 through 7 of the right one-half of the first page are left blank for the use of the clerk, under UDCR Rule 1.
Pica type
Type must be not smaller than pica and equally legible to printing, under UDCR Rule 1.
Line spacing
The body is spaced one and one-half or double, with single spacing permitted for quotations and property descriptions, under UDCR Rule 1.
Page numbering
Pages are numbered consecutively at the bottom under UDCR Rule 1.
Case number placement
The case number and document identification appear on the right, opposite the case title, under UDCR Rule 1.