Montana Title 46. Criminal Procedure § 46-17-402. Fees and fines--collection

(2)(a) The municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the municipal court.

(b) In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the municipal court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.

(c) The municipal court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment.