What are Municipal Courts?
"Montana Municipal Courts as Courts of Record: Appeal Procedures and Judge Qualifications"
Unlike a city court or justice court, a municipal court is a court of record and, therefore, appeals from its decisions do not require re-trial by a district court, which may review the case upon appeal based upon the court record created in the original municipal court proceeding. The five municipal courts have the same jurisdiction as city courts but, unlike city courts, municipal court judges must be elected and must have the same qualifications as a district court judge except that a municipal court judge must have been admitted to practice for only three years 3‐6-202, MCA.