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Court rules on AI in filings

Montana Fourth Judicial District Court (Missoula and Mineral Counties).

Local Rule 3(G).

In force when read In force when read on 26 September 2026.

  • Say that generative AI was used
  • Name the AI tool
  • Certify that it was checked

The court’s words

“must disclose the use of “generative artificial intelligence:” the specific tool the party used; how the party used the tool in preparing the relevant document; and that the party certifies they have checked the accuracy of any portion of the document drafted or assisted by the tool, including all factual and procedural background, citations, and legal authority.”

Quoted from the court’s own document, read on 26 September 2026. Read it at the source.

What it asks of the person who signs

  • Say that generative AI was used

    or, where the order asks it, that it was not.

  • Name the AI tool

    the order wants the tool identified.

  • Certify that it was checked

    in the filing: that the content and the citations were verified.

Applies to: Any pleading or document prepared with generative AI. Where it goes: A certification with the pleading or document. Filing without one certifies that no part of it was prepared with generative AI.

The statement, if one is called for

The order asks for words of its own. With the blanks filled in from your answers, they read:

CERTIFICATION REGARDING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Generative artificial intelligence was used in the preparation of this document. The specific tool used: [name the AI tool]. How it was used: [identify the portions]. The undersigned certifies that the undersigned has checked the accuracy of any portion of this document drafted or assisted by the tool, including all factual and procedural background, citations, and legal authority.

On the check page Loupe drafts the statement for this court from the parts you tick, for you to read and sign: what it says is your choice and your responsibility. The order in force on the day is what counts; read it at the source before relying on this page.

Check the filing first

Paste the brief or drop the file, and Loupe looks up every citation in the published record: whether the case exists, whether it is the case the filing names, whether the pin cite falls inside the opinion; statutes, regulations, court rules and links too. It doesn’t generate anything, and what it can’t settle it marks “not verified”, never clean.