When a judge of a municipal court has been disqualified or is sick or unable to act, the judge shall call in a sitting or retired judge of a court of record or an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Montana and is in good standing to act as a judge pro tempore. The judge pro tempore has the same power and authority as the municipal court judge.
Disqualification -- Judge Pro Tempore
Mont. Code Ann. § 3-6-204, under Municipal Court Judges.
Mont. Code Ann. § 3-6-204