Montana § 7-2-2502 - Petition To Change County Name
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 7-2-2502 — Petition To Change County Name, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-2-2502. Petition To Change County Name
Petition to change county name. (1) Petitions for change of names must be heard and determined by the district court of the county whose name is sought to be changed. (2) A petition for the change of the name of any county in this state must be signed by a number of the legal voters who are taxpayers in the county equal, at least, to 25% of the whole number of votes cast for the office of governor of Montana in the county at the gubernatorial election preceding the circulation of the petition. The signatures, in each instance, must be the genuine personal signature of the voter attaching the voter's name to the petition. The petition must specify the present name of the county, the name proposed, and the reason or reasons for the change of name and must be entitled in and addressed to the appropriate district court.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-2-2502 ("Petition To Change County Name") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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