Mont. Code Ann. tit. 25, ch. 30A, Rule 2
District court review on appeal
Rule 2 . District court review on appeal.
(a) Review limited to record. Appeal from a municipal court judgment is confined to the record and questions of law.
(b) Record on appeal. The record on appeal to the district court consists of an electronic recording or stenographic transcription of a cause tried, together with all papers filed in the cause.