Montana Department of Justice

Montana Department of Justice
Department of Justice overview
Jurisdiction	Montana
Department of Justice executive	Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana;
Website	Montana Department of Justice official website

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.

The Montana Attorney General, currently Republican Austin Knudsen, 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.

Territorial attorneys general

Thomas J. Lowry (1881–1882)
John A. Johnston (1883–1884)
William H. Hunt (1885–1887)
William E. Cullen (1887–1889)
John B. Clayberg (1889–1889)

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List of attorneys general since statehood

No.	Attorney General	Party	Took office	Left office
1	Henri J. Haskell	Republican	November 8, 1889	January 4, 1897
2	C. B. Nolan		January 4, 1897	January 1, 1901
3	James Donovan		January 1, 1901	January 2, 1905
4	Albert J. Galen		January 2, 1905	January 6, 1913
5	D. M. Kelly		January 6, 1913	May 31, 1915
6	Joseph B. Poindexter	Democratic	May 31, 1915	January 1, 1917
7	Samuel C. Ford	Republican	January 1, 1917	January 3, 1921
8	Wellington D. Rankin	Republican	January 3, 1921	August 30, 1924
9	L. A. Foot		August 30, 1924	January 2, 1933
10	Raymond T. Nagle		January 2, 1933	January 2, 1933
11	Enor K. Matson		November 1, 1936	January 4, 1937
12	Harrison J. Freebourn		January 4, 1937	January 6, 1941
13	John W. Bonner	Democratic	January 6, 1941	May 1, 1942
14	Howard M. Gullickson		May 1, 1942	August 3, 1942
15	R. V. Bottombly		August 3, 1942	January 3, 1949
16	Arnold Olsen	Democratic	January 3, 1949	January 7, 1957
17	Forrest H. Anderson	Democratic	January 7, 1957	January 6, 1969
18	Robert I. Woodahl	Republican	January 6, 1969	January 3, 1977
19	Mike Greely	Democratic	January 3, 1977	January 2, 1989
20	Marc Racicot	Republican	January 2, 1989	January 4, 1993
21	Joseph P. Mazurek	Democratic	January 4, 1993	January 2, 2001
22	Mike McGrath	Democratic	January 2, 2001	January 5, 2009
23	Steve Bullock	Democratic	January 5, 2009	January 7, 2013
24	Timothy Fox	Republican	January 7, 2013	January 4, 2021
25	Austin Knudsen	Republican	January 4, 2021