{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-27-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-27-304","heading":"County official to forward verified sheets.","body":"The county official verifying the number of registered electors signing the petition shall forward it to the secretary of state by certified mail with a certificate in substantially the following form attached:\nTo the Honorable ____________, Secretary of State of the state of Montana:\nI, ____________, ___________ (title) of the County of __________, certify that I have examined the attached sheets of the petition for (statutory referendum, statutory initiative, constitutional convention initiative, or constitutional initiative) No. ____ in the manner prescribed by law; and I believe that ____ (number) signatures in (Legislative Representative District No. ____ or the County of ____) (repeat for each district or county included in sheet or section) are valid; and I further certify that the affidavit of the signature gatherer of the petition is attached.\nSigned:______________ (Date)_______________ (Signature)\nSeal_________________________ (Title)","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 27. STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES","Part 3. Processing After Circulation ofPetitions for Signature"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0270/part_0030/section_0040/0130-0270-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:29Z","sha256":"86153632088898991c0e05502a2ddf8e1ccb0dbf3b625c6851ea6277b400861b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-27-303","next":"us-mt/13-27-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}