Statutes > Montana Statutes > TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS > CHAPTER 5. PROOF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS NOTARIES PUBLIC > Part 4. Notaries Public > 1-5-420. Powers and duties of county clerk and recorder with whom records deposited.

1-5-420. Powers and duties of county clerk and recorder with whom records deposited.


     1-5-420. Powers and duties of county clerk and recorder with whom records deposited. It is the duty of each county clerk and recorder to receive and safely keep all records and papers of the notary in the case described in 1-5-419 and to give attested copies of them under a seal. The county clerk and recorder may charge the fees allowed by law to the notaries, and the copies have the same effect as if certified by the notary.

     History: En. Sec. 916, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 323, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 393, R.C.M. 1921; Cal Pol. C. Sec. 797; re-en. Sec. 393, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 56-109; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 61, L. 2007.