1-11-406. Effect of authentication, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 11. PUBLICATION AND UPDATING OF THE CODE CODE COMMISSIONER

Part 4. Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

Effect Of Authentication

1-11-406. Effect of authentication. (1) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under 1-11-405 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

(2) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this part, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

(3) A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under 1-11-405 has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 52, L. 2025.