7-4-2620. Details relating to indexes. (1) The county clerk may keep in the same volume any two or more of the indexes mentioned in 7-4-2619, but the several indexes must be kept distinct from each other, with the volumes distinctly marked on the outside in such way as to show all the indexes kept therein.
(2) The names of the parties in the first column of the several indexes must be arranged in alphabetical order. When a conveyance is executed by a sheriff, the name of the sheriff and the party charged in the execution must both be inserted in the index. When an instrument is recorded to which an executor, administrator, or trustee is a party, the name of such executor, administrator, or trustee, together with the name of the testator or intestate or party for whom the trust is held, must be inserted in the index.
History: En. Sec. 4417, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3038, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4804, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4240; re-en. Sec. 4804, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2910.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Officers and Employees
Part 26. Office of County Clerk
7-4-2601. Limitation on number of deputy county clerks
7-4-2602. Designation of chief deputy by county clerk
7-4-2603. through 7-4-2610 reserved
7-4-2611. Role and duties of county clerk and election administrator
7-4-2612. Books for recording documents
7-4-2613. Documents subject to recording
7-4-2614. Records of discharge from military service
7-4-2615. Records of water users' associations
7-4-2617. Procedure to record documents
7-4-2618. Addresses required to record certain documents
7-4-2619. Indexes to recorded documents
7-4-2620. Details relating to indexes
7-4-2622. Availability of records
7-4-2623. Liability of clerk relating to duties as recorder
7-4-2624. through 7-4-2630 reserved
7-4-2631. Fees of county clerk
7-4-2632. Fee when recording done by mechanical means
7-4-2634. Fees to be noted on recorded documents
7-4-2635. Records preservation fund authorized