Montana Department of Justice

The Montana Department of Justice is a state law enforcement agency of Montana.

The Montana Attorney General heads the agency.

Responsibilities

The Attorney General serves as 1 of 5 members of the state Land Board. The Land Board oversees the money generated from 5.2 million acres of land in the state.^[1]

The Montana Attorney General acts as the supervisor for the 56 County Attorneys in the State.

Tim Fox is the current Attorney General.

List of Attorneys General since Statehood

Henri J. Haskill (1889–1897)
C B. Nolan (1897–1901)
James Donovan (1901–1905)
Albert J. Galen (1905–1913)
D.M. Kelly (1913–1915)
J.B. Poindexter (1915–1917)
S.C. Ford (1917–1921)
Wellington D. Rankin (1921–1924)
L.A. Foot (1924–1933)
Raymond T. Nagle (1933–1936)
Enor K. Matson (1936–1937)
Harrison K. Freebourn (1937–1941)
John W. Bonner (1941–1942)
Howard M. Gullickson (1942)
R. V. Bottombly (1942–1949)
Arnold Olsen (1949–1957)
Forrest H. Anderson (1957–1969)
Robert L. Woodahl (1969–1977)
Mike Greely (1977–1989)
Marc Racicot (1989–1993)
Joseph P. Mazurek (1993–2001)
Mike McGrath (2001–2009)
Stephen C. "Steve" Bullock (2009–2013)
Tim Fox (2013–present)

References

↑ Plowman, Pat (October 10, 2011). "Carbon County Republican Women Meeting". Carbon County News. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

List of all past Attorneys General of the State of Montana

External links

Montana Department of Justice official website
Montana Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
Montana Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
News and Commentary at FindLaw
Montana Code Annotated at Law.Justia.com
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Montana" at FindLaw
State Bar of Montana
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox profile at National Association of Attorneys General
Press releases at Montana Department of Justice

State agencies of Montana

Commissions	Public Service Commission

Departments	Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Conservation and Recreation Department of Corrections Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department of Justice Department of Labour and Industry Department of Livestock Department of Transportation Office of Public Instruction

Law Enforcement	Montana Highway Patrol Billings Police Department

Other	Montana State Lottery

Attorneys general of the United States

United States Attorney General: Loretta Lynch (D)

AL Luther Strange (R) AK Craig Richards (R) AZ Mark Brnovich (R) AR Leslie Rutledge (R) CA Kamala Harris (D) CO Cynthia Coffman (R) CT George Jepsen (D) DE Matthew Denn (D) FL Pam Bondi (R) GA Sam Olens (R) HI Doug Chin (D) ID Lawrence Wasden (R) IL Lisa Madigan (D) IN Greg Zoeller (R) IA Tom Miller (D) KS Derek Schmidt (R) KY Andy Beshear (D) LA Jeff Landry (R) ME Janet Mills (D) MD Brian Frosh (D) MA Maura Healey (D) MI Bill Schuette (R) MN Lori Swanson (D) MS Jim Hood (D) MO Chris Koster (D) MT Tim Fox (R) NE Doug Peterson (R) NV Adam Laxalt (R) NH Joseph Foster (D) NJ John Hoffman (R)* NM Hector Balderas (D) NY Eric Schneiderman (D) NC Roy Cooper (D) ND Wayne Stenehjem (R) OH Mike DeWine (R) OK Scott Pruitt (R) OR Ellen Rosenblum (D) PA Kathleen Kane (D) RI Peter Kilmartin (D) SC Alan Wilson (R) SD Marty Jackley (R) TN Herbert Slatery (R) TX Ken Paxton (R) UT Sean Reyes (R) VT William Sorrell (D) VA Mark Herring (D) WA Bob Ferguson (D) WV Patrick Morrisey (R) WI Brad Schimel (R) WY Peter Michael (R) DC Karl Racine (D) Territories: AS Talauega Ale (D) GU Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson (R) MP Edward Manibusan (I) PR César Miranda (D) VI Claude Walker (I)

Political party affiliations: 28 Republican 26 Democratic 2 Independent *Acting Attorney General

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