(A) A criminal action brought for violation of a city ordinance must be brought in the name of the city as the plaintiff and against the accused as the defendant.
(B) A criminal action brought for violation of a state law within the city may be brought either in the name of the state as the plaintiff or in the name of the city as the plaintiff and must be brought against the accused as the defendant.
(C) A criminal action brought for violation of a state law within the country and within its concurrent jurisdiction with the Justice’s Court must be brought in the name of the state as the plaintiff and against the accused as the defendant.
(D) A civil action brought in the City Court must be prosecuted or defended in the same manner as a civil action in Justice’s Courts under the Montana Justice Courts Rules of Civil Procedure, MCA Title 25, Ch. 22.
(1992 Code, § 5-1-506)