Montana Criminal Records

• Montana has 478,586 total people (FBI, 2018).
• Montana is the 44th largest state by population.

Court System

• In the Worker's Compensation Court, the judges resolve disputes under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Disease Act.
• The Courts of Limited Jurisdiction include the Justice Courts, City Courts and Municipal Courts. These courts deal with cases involving misdemeanors, local ordinances, juvenile matters, civil cases for amounts up to $12,000, and small claims where the money disputed it only up to $7,000.
• The Montana Water Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the water rights claims and facilitates the adjudication over multiple state law-bases water rights.
• The District Courts have general jurisdiction, which includes hearing all felony cases, all probate cases, and most cases.
• The Supreme Court is an appellate court who reviews cases from lower courts, and it has original jurisdiction in limited types of cases.