The primary responsibility for our Civil personnel is the execution of civil processes and mandates of the court. This is accomplished through the service of income and property executions, notices and a variety of other civil/criminal summonses, processes, and complaints.
Civil process services must be done in strict compliance with Montana Code . Timelines and accuracy in the service of legal documents, record keeping and returns to the Court are mandated by law. The service of Civil process is a primary responsibility of the Sheriff as defined in the Montana Code.
The Powell County Sheriff’s Office administrative assistant oversees all civil processes. Please send all relevant paperwork to alexisb [at] pcsomt.org (alexisb[at]pcsomt[dot]org) or bring to the Powell County Sheriff’s Office.
All servable paperwork for the Montana State Prison will be served every Thursday.
All protection orders are free to serve.
All other civil paperwork costs $70 per person being served per case. Unless you have the fee waiver from the courts, please make sure it is included in the paperwork.
To submit documents for service:
IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU SUBMIT A COMPLETED, SIGNED, DATED PRAECIPE (or Letter of Instruction) WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR SERVICE (please see the forms link below) that includes as much information as you can provide about the person(s) to be served, i.e.: full name, physical description, date of birth, SSN/FEIN, complete address, all phone numbers, what make/model/year/color of their vehicle, employer’s name/ address/ phone number(s), name(s) of any other person(s) who they may associate with and their contact information (such as a family member or friend), any other place(s) the subject may frequent, and any other information you think may be helpful to us in locating the subject. Please list exactly which documents we are to serve – list the title of each document. If you need to include additional pages with your Praecipe please do so. Your signature and a date must be on the Praecipe authorizing our office to proceed with service.
(25-3-203, M.C.A.. Prepayment of cost of service.
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0030/part_0020/section_0030/0250-0030-0020-0030.html
To process your request we will need:
2) complete sets of the copies or documents for each person you want served
3) the completed, signed, dated Praecipe or Letter of Instruction (and CLEI if a protection order)
4) pre-payment in full for service fees OR a copy of a Montana court order waiving your fees for service
Our officers make every effort to complete service; however, acceptance of your documents for service is in no way to be considered a guarantee that service can be completed. Please be advised that once your documents have been received and processed and/or any service attempts have been made, all service fees paid are non-refundable. Please contact us with any questions you may have.