{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-5-508","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-5-508","heading":"Docket.","body":"The docket is a book that the clerk of the district court keeps in the clerk's office, with each page divided into eight columns and headed as follows: judgment debtors; judgment creditors; judgment, time of entry; where entered in judgment book; appeals, when taken; judgment of appellate court; and satisfaction of judgment, when entered. If a judgment is for the recovery of money or damages, the amount must be stated in the docket under the heading of judgment. If the judgment is for any other relief, a memorandum of the general character of the relief granted must be stated. The names of the defendants must be entered in alphabetical order.","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_0080/0030-0050-0050-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:36Z","sha256":"c96a57a18ba3246b03456fa4ffc1ad1117dfa4c48618d01e0097e86b3fac144f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-5-507","next":"us-mt/3-5-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}