Montana § 3-10-502 How Entries Made -- Prima Facie Evidence

Montana Statutes

§ 3-10-502 — How Entries Made -- Prima Facie Evidence

Montana § 3-10-502

Title 3JUDICIARY, COURTS

Ch. 10JUSTICES' COURTS

Part 5Records in Justices' Courts

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 3-10-502 (2026).

Text

3-10-502 . How entries made -- prima facie evidence.

(1)The items listed in 3-10-501 must be entered in the docket under the title of the action to which they relate and, unless otherwise provided, at the time when they occur.

(2)The entries in a justice of the peace's docket or a transcript of the entries certified by the justice or the justice's successor in office are prima facie evidence of the facts stated.

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3-10-502 . How entries made -- prima facie evidence. (1) The items listed in 3-10-501 must be entered in the docket under the title of the action to which they relate and, unless otherwise provided, at the time when they occur.
(2) The entries in a justice of the peace's docket or a transcript of the entries certified by the justice or the justice's successor in office are prima facie evidence of the facts stated.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1661, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7071, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9704, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 912; re-en. Sec. 9704, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-7602; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 21, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 196, Ch. 61, L. 2007.