3-1-114. Definitions. As used in 3-1-115 and this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Document" means all contents in the file or record of any case or matter docketed by a court, including decisions, administrative orders, court records, court books, court minutes and minute books, court dockets, court ledgers, registers of actions, court indexes, and other documents, instruments, or papers required by law to be filed with a court.
(2) "Electronic filing of documents" means the transmission of data to a court by the communication of information that is originally displayed in written form and then converted to digital electronic signals, transformed by computer, and stored by the clerk of the court on microfilm, magnetic tape, optical disc, or other medium.
(3) "Electronic storage of documents" means the recording, storage, retention, maintenance, and reproduction of court documents, using microfilm, microfiche, data processing, computers, or other electronic processes that correctly and legibly store and reproduce documents.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 174, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Courts and Judicial Officers Generally
Part 1. Courts -- Definitions and General Powers
3-1-101. The several courts of this state
3-1-103. through 3-1-110 reserved
3-1-111. Powers respecting conduct of business
3-1-112. Rules for courts of record
3-1-113. Means to carry jurisdiction into effect
3-1-115. Electronic filing and storage of documents -- rules
3-1-116. through 3-1-119 reserved
3-1-120. Court financial accounts
3-1-121. through 3-1-124 reserved
3-1-125. County to provide district court office space
3-1-126. Local government authority to supplement district court budget
3-1-127. through 3-1-129 reserved
3-1-130. Supreme court -- adoption of judicial branch personnel plan