MT · rules
Mont. R. Admis. IX
Records and Confidentiality
A. Bar admission application files are confidential. Only the Montana Supreme
Court, the Bar Admissions Administrator, the Commission on Character and
Fitness, and the Board of Bar Examiners may have access to information in the files,
unless otherwise provided in the Character and Fitness Rules of Procedure and the
Montana Board of Bar Examiners’ Rules. An applicant’s bar admission application
file must be maintained for at least five years from the date of the Bar Admissions
Administrator’s last action in the file after which, if no litigation is pending
concerning the application, the file may be destroyed.
B. Bar examination materials are confidential. Only the Montana Supreme
Court, the Bar Admissions Administrator, the National Conference of Bar
Examiners, and the Board of Bar Examiners may have access to the materials, unless
otherwise provided by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, and the Board of
Bar Examiners’ Rules. An applicant’s bar examination materials must be retained
for two years from the date of the Bar Admissions Administrator’s last action in the
file after which, if no litigation is pending, the materials must be destroyed.
Provenance
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- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
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