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What's Your Form?

It's time to find out if your answer for your city or county’s form of government was correct. 

Please visit the Local Government Profiles created by the Local Government Center at Montana State University to verify your city and/or county’s form of government. The most current listing is from 2020. You can visit the website linked above or refer to the Resource Library in this section for a copy. 

Here is a key to the acronyms used in the chart at the bottom of the document.

County Forms of Government

Charter (C)

  • COM-EX (Commission Executive)
  • COM (Commission)

Non Charter

  • COM (A)
  • MGR (Manager)
  • ECOF (Elected County Official Form)

Powers of Government

  • SELF (Self Government)
  • GEN (General Government)

Method of Election

  • P (Partisan)
  • NP (Nonpartisan)


Municipal Forms of Government

Charter (C)

  • MGR (Manager)
  • COM-EX (Commission Executive)
  • TM (Town Meeting)

Non Charter

  • MGR (A) (Manager)
  • COM-PO (Commission Presiding Officer)
  • COM-EX (Commission Executive)
  • COM-EX (A)

Powers of Government

  • SELF (Self Government)
  • GEN (General Government)

Method of Election

  • P (Partisan)
  • NP (Nonpartisan)

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