Montana State Legislature
Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Agency Leadership
Austin Knudsen (R), Attorney General
Elected November 2020
Agency Website
Agency Overview
The Department of Justice is Montana’s top law enforcement and legal agency. They work in every corner of the state maintaining public safety, prosecuting criminals, representing the state of Montana in court, registering vehicles, licensing drivers and more.
They are the Montana Highway Patrol, Montana State Crime Lab and the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, the Sexual and Violent Offender Registry and the Office of Consumer Protection, and lawyers who defend Montana in court and the lawyers who file suit on the state’s behalf when Montana has been wronged.
Required Reports presented to the Law and Justice Interim Committee:
- Facial Recognition for Government Use Act Report, Montana Analysis and Technical Information Center (MATIC), September 2023
