7-4-2221. Manner of keeping records and storing documents. Whenever any officer of any county is required or authorized by law to record, copy, file, recopy, or replace any document, plat, paper, written instrument, or book on file or of record in the officer's office, the officer may do so by photographic, micrographic, electronic, or other mechanical process that produces a clear, accurate, and permanent copy or reproduction of the original document, plat, paper, written instrument, or record in accordance with standards not less than those now approved for permanent records by national standards.
History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 117, L. 1959; Sec. 16-2428, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4411, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3032, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4796, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4235; re-en. Sec. 4796, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 218, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 199, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 293, L. 1975; Sec. 16-2902, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2428, 16-2902(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 420, L. 1993.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Officers and Employees
Part 22. County Officers in General
7-4-2201. General qualifications for county office
7-4-2202. General qualifications for district or township offices
7-4-2205. Term of office -- oath
7-4-2206. Vacancies -- appointment of interim officer
7-4-2207. Duty of officers to complete official business
7-4-2208. Absence of county officers from state
7-4-2209. Authority to administer oaths
7-4-2210. Restriction on practice of law by certain officers
7-4-2212. Official bonds of county officers
7-4-2213. Inspection of official bonds
7-4-2214. through 7-4-2220 reserved
7-4-2221. Manner of keeping records and storing documents
7-4-2222. Substitution of reproduction for original document