Montana Title 3. Judiciary, Courts § 3-1-611. Judicial conflict of interest--recusal--definitions

(a) the judicial officer has received one or more combined contributions totaling the maximum amount allowable under 13-37-216 from a lawyer or party to the proceeding in an election that was held within the previous 6 years; or

(b) a lawyer, the lawyer's law firm, or party to the proceeding has made one or more contributions directly or indirectly to a political committee or other entity that engaged in independent expenditures that supported the judicial officer or opposed the judicial officer's opponent in an election that was held within the previous 6 years if the total combined amount of the contributions exceeds $10,000 for a candidate for a supreme court office or $5,000 for a candidate for any other judicial office.

(a) “contribution” has the meaning provided in 13-1-101; and

(b) “judicial officer” has the meaning provided in 1-1-202.