Secretary of State of Montana explained

Post:	Secretary of State
Body:	Montana
Incumbent:	Christi Jacobsen
Incumbentsince:	January 4, 2021
Type:	Secretary of State
Formation:	1889
First:	Louis Rotwitt
Website:	Official homepage of the Montana Secretary of State

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

bgcolor=#cccccc		bgcolor=#cccccc	Image	bgcolor=#cccccc	Name	bgcolor=#cccccc	Term of office	bgcolor=#cccccc	Party
1			1889—1897	Republican^[4]
2			1897—1901	Populist
3			1901—1905	Democratic
4			1905—1911	Republican
5			1911—1913	Democratic
6			1913—1916	Democratic
7			1917—1927	Republican
8			1927	Democratic
9			1927—1928
10			1928—1929	Democratic
11			1929—1933	Republican
12			1933—1955	Democratic
13			1955—1957	Republican
14			1957—1981	Democratic
15			1981—1988	Republican
16			1988—1989	Republican
17			1989—2001	Democratic
18			2001—2005	Republican
19			2005—2009	Republican
20			2009—2017	Democratic
21			2017—2021	Republican
22			2021—	Republican

See also

• List of governors of Montana
• List of lieutenant governors of Montana
• Montana Department of Justice
• List of company registers

Notes and References

1. http://sos.mt.gov/About_Office/index.asp About the Montana Secretary of State
2. News: Montana fails to retain decades of emails despite open government law. Fraser. Jayme. 2017-01-04. Missoulian. 2017-01-04.
3. Web site: Montana Constitution, Article VI, Section 3. Qualifications.. 2021-04-10. Montana Legislature.
4. Web site: History of the Office . Montana Secretary of State . 8 June 2020.