5.3: Addresses for Service
Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Montana — Civil Rules
5.3 Addresses for Service
(a) Address Changes.
(1) Attorneys must update any change in name, e-mail, mailing address, law firm affiliation, and/or telephone number through their PACER accounts.
(2) A self-represented party filing non-electronically whose e-mail, post office box or physical mailing address changes while an action is pending must promptly file with the court and serve upon all other parties a Notice of Change of Address specifying the new address for service.
(3) A self-represented party filing electronically must update any change in name, e-mail, mailing address, law firm affiliation, and/or telephone number through their PACER account.
(b) Dismissal Due to Failure to Notify. The court may dismiss a complaint without prejudice or strike an answer when:
(1) a document directed to the attorney or self-represented party by the court has been returned to the court as not deliverable; and
(2) the court fails to receive within 60 days of this return a written communication from the attorney or self-represented party indicating a current address for service.