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Montana Social Media Recordkeeping Guide.

Understanding what the Montana Public Records Act / Right to Know requires of your social media activity, and what "compliant" actually looks like in practice, isn't always straightforward. This plain-language guide gives counties, cities & municipalities and public agencies a clear path.

MCA § 2-6-1006 — A local government must respond to a public records request in a timely manner, without a fixed day count. Every other public agency must acknowledge the request within five business days of its designated contact receiving it, provide a single, specific, clearly identifiable and readily available record within five working days of acknowledgment, and fulfill more complex requests within 90 days of acknowledgment — or up to six months where the agency determines 90 days is not feasible (MCA § 2-6-1006).
Free download Montana — Archiving Social Media: A Guide For Government
What's Inside

Everything your agency needs, in plain English.

01 · Federal law

The federal layer

The Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act of 1974 — and how they reach social media.

02 · Montana law

Montana Public Records Act / Right to Know

MCA 2-6-1001 et seq.; Mont. Const. art. II, § 9 and the Montana Open Meetings Law — including the prompt-response standard.

03 · Enforcement & risk

When disputes go to court

Montana records disputes are decided by courts — what that means for how defensible your archive needs to be.

04 · Bonus checklist

The compliance checklist

The go-to checklist for standing up a compliant social media archive — what to capture, retain and be ready to produce.

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