Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 26. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 1. STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON EVIDENCE

Part 6. Presumptions

Entries In Official Books And Records Prima Facie Evidence

26-1-605. Entries in official books and records prima facie evidence. Entries in public or other official books or records made in the performance of the officer's duty by a public officer of this state or any other person in the performance of a duty specially enjoined by law are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the book or record.

History: En. Sec. 3208, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7926, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10570, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1920; re-en. Sec. 10570, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1001-32; amd. Sec. 528, Ch. 56, L. 2009.