The secretary of state of Montana is one of the elected constitutional officers of executive branch of the U.S. state of Montana.
The current secretary of state is Christi Jacobsen.
Organization The Secretary of State's Office is composed of five divisions:
The Administrative Rules Services Division is the administrative law arm of the Secretary's office, filing rule notices, rule adoptions, and interpretations, and publishing the state register twice a month. The state's code of regulations, the Administrative Rules of Montana, is updated quarterly. The Business Services Division registers business entities, trademarks, assumed business names, and liens made under the Uniform Commercial Code and Federal Food Security Act. The Certification and Notaries Division licenses and trains notaries public and certifies documents. The Elections and Government Services division administers elections and voter registration. Campaign finance and lobbying is regulated by a separate agency, the Commissioner of Political Practices. The Records Management Bureau maintains the records of state and local governments.
Other duties The Secretary is the keeper of the Montana state seal, and also serves on the Montana Board of Land Commissioners, which administers school trust lands.About the Montana Secretary of State
The Montana Secretary of State Records Center, located in Helena, shares the duty of archiving official state e-mails with an archivist who reports to the Governor.
List of secretaries of state of Montana To be eligible to be a Secretary of State of Montana, a candidate must be 25 years old or older, a United States citizen, and a Montana resident for at least two years before election. # Image Name Term of office Party1Louis Rotwitt 1889—1897Republican2Thomas S. Hogan 1897—1901Populist3George M. Hayes 1901—1905Democratic4Abraham N. Yoder 1905—1911Republican5Thomas M. Swindlehurst 1911—1913Democratic6Adelbert M. Alderson 1913—1916Democratic7Charles T. Stewart 1917—1927Republican8Robert N. Hawkins 1927Democratic9William Powers 1927—192810John W. Mountjoy 1928—1929Democratic11Wilfred E. Harmon 1929—1933Republican12Sam W. Mitchell 1933—1955Democratic13S. C. Arnold 1955—1957Republican14Frank Murray 1957—1981Democratic15Jim Waltermire 1981—1988Republican16Verner Bertelsen 1988—1989Republican17Mike Cooney 1989—2001Democratic18Bob Brown 2001—2005Republican19Brad Johnson 2005—2009Republican20Linda McCulloch 2009—2017Democratic21 Corey Stapleton 2017—2021Republican22Christi Jacobsen 2021—Republican
See also List of governors of Montana List of lieutenant governors of Montana Montana Department of Justice List of company registers
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