Montana § 16-3-313 - Periodic Government Or Tribal-Issued Identification Data Destruction
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 16-3-313 — Periodic Government Or Tribal-Issued Identification Data Destruction, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-3-313. Periodic Government Or Tribal-Issued Identification Data Destruction
Periodic government or tribal-issued identification data destruction. (1) A business that scans a physical or digital version of a person's government or tribal-issued identification to determine the person's age solely for the sale of age-restricted items: (a) shall use data or metadata from the scan only to determine the person's age; (b) may not transfer or sell that data or metadata to another party; and (c) shall permanently delete any data or metadata from the scan within 180 days. (2) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the collection and preservation of information required by federal law for the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-3-313 ("Periodic Government Or Tribal-Issued Identification Data Destruction") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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