{"data":{"id":"us-mt/44-5-212","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"44-5-212","heading":"Record preservation.","body":"Unless required by federal law, expunging, purging, or destroying of criminal justice information is not required based on the length of time such records are held.","path":["TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 5. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION","Part 2. Collection and Processing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0440/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0120/0440-0050-0020-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:25Z","sha256":"96ebd4d2a25a611aee7ad4cd86540d5d934a0847bf7a36be8f5340fb004f6241","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/44-5-211","next":"us-mt/44-5-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}