2-6-303. Ownership of records -- transfer. (1) All official records remain the property of the state. They must be delivered by outgoing officials to their successors and must be preserved, stored, transferred, destroyed, or disposed of and otherwise managed only in accordance with the provisions of this part.
     (2) A public officer may, with the concurrence of the Montana historical society, transfer to the state archives official records that the officer has been specifically directed by statute to preserve or keep in that office.

     History: (1)En. 59-530.2 by Sec. 2, Ch. 441, L. 1977; Sec. 59-530.2, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 102, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 61, L. 2007.