3-10-503. Index to docket -- electronic filing and storage of court records. (1) A justice shall keep an alphabetical index to the docket, in which must be entered the names of the parties to each judgment, with a reference to the page of entry. The names of the plaintiffs and defendants must be entered in the index in the alphabetical order of the first letter of the family name.
(2) The justice may elect to keep the index by means of electronic filing or storage, or both, as provided in 3-1-114 and 3-1-115, in lieu of or in addition to keeping paper records.
History: En. Sec. 1662, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7072, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9705, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 913; re-en. Sec. 9705, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-7603; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 174, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 5. Records in Justices' Courts
3-10-501. Contents of docket -- electronic filing and storage of court records
3-10-502. How entries made -- prima facie evidence
3-10-503. Index to docket -- electronic filing and storage of court records
3-10-504. through 3-10-510 reserved
3-10-511. Records delivered to successor
3-10-512. Proceedings when office becomes vacant
3-10-513. Who is the successor
3-10-514. Docket of predecessor
3-10-515. through 3-10-517 reserved
3-10-518. Youth matters cited in justice's court -- public record