{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-5-502","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-5-502","heading":"Indexes to court records.","body":"Each clerk of court in each county of the respective judicial districts of the state shall keep, in addition to the records required by law, an index called \"General Index--Plaintiffs\" and also a second index to be called \"General Index--Defendants\". Each index shall be in a form determined by the clerk to best fulfill the needs of the court and other users of the index and shall contain, at a minimum, those entries required by 3-5-503.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT COURTS","Part 5. Clerk of the District Court"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0050/part_0050/section_0020/0030-0050-0050-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:36Z","sha256":"23c67a68452ec173a077f2778638135cc208a8ed895cc1c5e27d250f17244b25","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-5-501","next":"us-mt/3-5-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}