Terms Used In Montana Code 2-6-1008

• Constitutional officer: means the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, or auditor, who are the constitutionally designated and elected officials of the executive branch of government. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
• Constitutional officer record: means a public record prepared, owned, used, or retained by a constitutional officer. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
• Historic record: means a public record found by the state archivist to have permanent administrative or historic value to the state. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Public agency: means the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Montana state government, a political subdivision of the state, a local government, and any agency, department, board, commission, office, bureau, division, or other public authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
• Public record: means public information that is:

  (a)fixed in any medium and is retrievable in usable form for future reference; and

  (b)designated for retention by the state records committee, judicial branch, legislative branch, or local government records committee. See Montana Code 2-6-1002

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}