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 "id": "US-MT-PRA",
 "title": "Montana Public Records Act Request Letter",
 "jurisdiction": "US-MT",
 "state": "Montana",
 "category": "public-records-requests",
 "category_label": "Public records & FOIA request letters",
 "document_type": "original_request_letter",
 "official_status": "Original request-letter template written by ALL AI FORMS for a public-records law; not an official government form.",
 "issuing_agency": null,
 "official_source_url": null,
 "legal_basis": "Mont. Code Ann. § 2-6-1001 et seq. (no standard form)",
 "summary": "This is a request letter under the Montana Public Records Act (Mont.",
 "price": {
  "amount": 4.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "billing": "one-time"
 },
 "government_fee_note": "Submitting a request is free. Any copy or search charges a public body bills under Montana law are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the public body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them.",
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 "page_url": "https://allaiforms.allaihq.workers.dev/forms/montana-public-records-act-request-letter/",
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 "last_verified": "2026-11-11",
 "listing_updated": "2026-11-13",
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How do I get the Montana Public Records Act Request Letter?",
   "a": "There is no required form for a Montana public records request. You can write your own letter or use a public body's own free form or portal without paying us, and submitting a request is free. Or fill it in online here: pay $4.99 one-time with Stripe, answer the guided questions, and download your filled-in PDF."
  },
  {
   "q": "Where do I send it?",
   "a": "Send it yourself to the public body's records custodian, by the email or mail address it designates. You can copy the text into its own form. We don't send anything for you."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much does it cost?",
   "a": "Our fee is $4.99. Submitting a request is free. Any copy or search charges a public body bills under Montana law are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the public body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them. Our $4.99 is a one-time charge with no subscription."
  },
  {
   "q": "Can I fill it out online?",
   "a": "Yes. After you pay $4.99 with Stripe, our guided questionnaire places your answers on the form and you get: The Public Records request letter PDF, filled in from your answers. You check every entry, sign and file it yourself."
  }
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}