{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-5-140","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-5-140","heading":"Recordkeeping.","body":"A city, town, or county that has the authority to require a private entity to keep records may prescribe the form and content of the records but may not prescribe the method of keeping the required records.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS","Part 1. Local Government Ordinances, Resolutions, and Initiatives and Referendums"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0400/0070-0050-0010-0400.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:45Z","sha256":"6b4204db1779d1d42d2936f36397d331797a5638e1c3d1077fb7382ff57fd234","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-5-139","next":"us-mt/7-5-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}