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Havre venue facts

County

Hill County, Montana

Trial court of general jurisdiction

District Court

Sources: Montana Judicial Branch, Montana Courts: the courts of limited jurisdiction (justice, city and municipal courts), the district courts and the state's highest court, the Montana Supreme Court; the Water Court and the Workers' Compensation Court among the specialty courts, the Workers' Compensation Court resolving disputes under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Disease Act (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Judicial Branch, District Courts: courts of general jurisdiction for felonies, probate and most civil cases at law and in equity, with limited appellate jurisdiction over cases arising in the courts of limited jurisdiction (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Judicial Branch, Courts of Limited Jurisdiction: justice, city and municipal courts; misdemeanors, civil cases up to $15,000 and small claims up to $7,000 (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Legislature, Montana Code Annotated 2025, justices' courts civil jurisdiction: actions up to $15,000 (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Legislature, Montana Code Annotated 2025, city courts: exclusive jurisdiction of city or town ordinance violations (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Legislature, Montana Code Annotated 2025, city courts: concurrent jurisdiction with the justice's court of all misdemeanors and of the proceedings of the justices' courts' jurisdiction (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Legislature, Montana Code Annotated 2025, municipal courts: jurisdiction coextensive with the justices' courts and over city ordinance cases (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Legislature, Montana Code Annotated 2025, municipal courts: a city above a set population may have a municipal court, which takes over the city court's pending cases (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Judicial Branch, Water Court: exclusive jurisdiction over the adjudication of water rights claims in Montana (reviewed 2026-10-12); Montana Judicial Branch, Workers' Compensation Court: disputes under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Disease Act (reviewed 2026-10-12)

Federal district

District of Montana

Forums and agencies in Montana

Workers' compensation claims arising in Montana are heard before the Montana Workers' Compensation Court; the Vocational Rehabilitation & Blind Services within the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is Montana's public vocational rehabilitation agency. Attorneys confirm the governing rule for their case.

Sources: Montana Workers' Compensation Court (reviewed 2026-09-11)

Commuting flows, Hill County

In the 2016-2020 American Community Survey commuting flows, the largest flows of workers into Hill County came from Chouteau County (320 workers), Blaine County (235) and Cascade County (55), and the largest flows out of Hill County went to Blaine County (58 workers), Chouteau County (46) and Liberty County (46).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2016-2020 American Community Survey, county-to-county commuting flows (Table 1) (reviewed 2026-09-13)