Montana § 7-2-2713 - Effect Of Election Results
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 7-2-2713 — Effect Of Election Results, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-2-2713. Effect Of Election Results
Effect of election results. (1) If at the election a majority of the votes cast in the county in which the petition for abandonment was filed are cast in favor of the abandonment and abolishment of the county and if a majority of the votes in the county designated in the petition as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county shall be attached are cast in favor of attachment, then: (a) (i) the organization and the political and corporate existence of the county in which the petition for abandonment was filed terminate; (ii) the county is abandoned, abolished, and disincorporated and ceases to exist; and (iii) except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, its territory is attached to and becomes a part of the counties designated in the resolution adopted under 7-2-2707 ; and (b) the terms of office of each of the officers of the abandoned county and of the members of the board of county commissioners thereof terminate at midnight on the following June 30. (2) If at the election a majority of the votes in any adjoining county named in the resolution adopted under 7-2-2707 , other than the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county shall attach, are cast against the attaching of any portion of the territory of the abandoned county to such adjoining county, then such portion of the territory described in the resolution attaches and becomes a part of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county attaches.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-2-2713 ("Effect Of Election Results") 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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