The Montana Department of Justice is a state law enforcement agency of Montana . The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in other states.
6-504: The Montana Attorney General , currently Republican Austin Knudsen , heads the agency. 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. The Montana Attorney General acts as the supervisor for the 56 County Attorneys in the State. This United States law enforcement agency article
12-405: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Montana -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . State attorney general ( Alabama to Missouri , Montana to Wyoming ) The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states , of the federal district , or of any of the territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and
18-519: Is commonly known as the Puerto Rico attorney general. Many states have passed term limits limiting the selection to 2 consecutive terms (9 states); 2 terms maximum (4 states), but 33 states still have no term limits. State attorneys general enforce both state and federal laws. Because they are sworn to uphold the United States' constitution and laws as well as the state's, they may decline to defend
24-573: The Northern Mariana Islands, elect their attorneys general for a four-year term. 2014 marked the first year that the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands held an election for the office. In American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the attorney general is appointed by the governor. In Puerto Rico, the attorney general is officially called the secretary of justice, but
30-547: The state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state department of justice, with responsibilities similar to those of the United States Department of Justice . The most prevalent method of selecting a state's attorney general is by popular election. 43 states have an elected attorney general. Elected attorneys general serve a four-year term, except in Vermont, where
36-568: The term is two years. Seven states do not popularly elect an attorney general. In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general is appointed by the governor. The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term. The District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Guam and
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