What are City and Municipal Courts?
"City vs. Municipal Courts in Montana: Jurisdiction, Court of Record Status, and Common Offenses"
Eighty‐three of Montana’s 127 cities and towns have a city court. Five cities (Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula) have a municipal court which is also a court of limited jurisdiction but, unlike a city court, a municipal court is a court of record, as described below. The criminal jurisdiction of city and municipal courts is limited to misdemeanors, which are almost entirely violations of city or town ordinances, predominantly traffic-related offenses.