Montana official directory

One district-court portal. On 2026-10-01 the login page court menu listed 57 choices: a district court label for each of the 56 counties (Deer Lodge as Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Silver Bow as Butte-Silver Bow) plus Asbestos Court. A menu line is not proof that the court's records are searchable. The courts.mt.gov district page, fetched the same day, still displays a rollout snapshot that says 53 of 56 courts were converted by April 2025 and does not name Blaine, Phillips, or Valley. That sentence is an older stage of the rollout, not a current exclusion. The open question is whether the public login path shows a search form.

• Sealed cases listed on the login page are not on the portal, including adoption, developmental disability, paternity, involuntary commitment, abuse and neglect, investigative subpoena, and marriage license cases.
• Certain criminal investigation records and juvenile records are listed as unavailable on the portal.
• The public portal is an index, not the court record.
• Records not on the portal may still be available at the county courthouse.

Checked 2026-10-01

One limited-jurisdiction portal, separate from the district portal. On 2026-10-01 the login menu listed justice, city, and municipal courts. The courts.mt.gov page says 132 of 136 limited courts were converted by April 2025 and does not name the four that were not converted. Those four are unresolved. A menu row is not a per-court search.

• This is not the district-court portal.
• Sealed case types listed on the login page are not available.
• Juvenile records and certain criminal investigation records are listed as unavailable on the portal.
• Courts absent from the live menu are unresolved, not a finding that they have no records.

Checked 2026-10-01

DOC public search for convicted felons. The browser showed a DOC identification number, last name, and first name. Instructions say name search includes known aliases and results are capped at 100. The page does not say county jails are included. County-jail scope stays unresolved.

• Described as convicted felons, not as every person booked in a county detention center.
• A missing result is not a finding that the person is not in jail.
• Not a criminal case search.

Checked 2026-10-01

Notification service for adult felony offenders under DOC supervision: probation, parole, prison, and community-based facilities and programs. Registration is voluntary. The DOC page wording does not include county jails. Vinelink.com agency picker was not opened; whether a separate county-jail agency appears there remains unobserved.

• Not automatic registration.
• Not a case search.
• When an offender is transferred outside the state, the page says Montana VINE is no longer able to provide notifications.
• County detention is not stated as included on the DOC page.

Checked 2026-10-07

Contact directory. The locator lists 56 counties and a city list. Selecting a county opens that judicial district's court-contact page with district and limited-jurisdiction phones. It does not decide jurisdiction from an address alone, and it is not a case search or a jail roster.

• Not a criminal case search.
• Not a detention roster.
• Does not assign a person to a court from location alone.

Checked 2026-10-07

The rules say the portal is an index, not the court record, and that search is by court, party name, or case number. Full records are at the courthouse. These rules do not set bond amounts.

• Not a criminal-history report.
• Not document images.
• Local clerk access is governed by statute and court order, not by these portal rules alone.

Checked 2026-10-01

Court Help is for civil, non-criminal problems. It is not criminal bond guidance and not a case search. Named centers on the page: Cascade, Flathead, Gallatin, Missoula, the State Law Library in Helena, and Yellowstone, plus rural appointments.

• Not for criminal cases.
• The page says the program cannot give legal advice or represent someone in court.

Checked 2026-10-01

General statewide rule in MCA 2025, Title 46, chapter 9, part 1, section 46-9-106. The same section also allows detention when there is probable cause the person committed an offense for which death is a possible punishment and adequate safeguards are not available. The court decides release or detention in the case. This is not a bond schedule or a prediction. The internet code page says the printed code controls if the texts differ. History line on the page: En. Sec. 72, Ch. 800, L. 1991.

• Does not set a dollar amount.
• Does not say how a particular judge will rule.
• Court Help does not supply this criminal information.
• Section 46-9-108 on conditions was not quoted as a complete conditions list.

Checked 2026-10-01

Official DOC contact printed on the notification page. It is a phone and mailing contact, not a person search.

• Not a county sheriff.
• Not a court clerk.

Checked 2026-10-01

Public-defense office or directory. Confirm county, case type and appointment requirements; listing does not guarantee representation.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.

Checked 2026-10-28

DOJ index of state courts, laws and agencies. Individual linked statutes and legal rules were not substantively reviewed here; check the current primary text before explaining a rule.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.
• Official legal-reference entry point only. Not legal advice and not a certification of current law.
• Individual statutes and rules linked from this page were not substantively verified here.

Checked 2026-10-28