The Secretary of State of Montana is one of the elected constitutional officers of

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of the

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Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. The current Secretary of State is

Christi Jacobsen Christi Jacobsen is an American politician from the state of Montana. A Republican, she is the Secretary of State of Montana. Early life Jacobsen was born in Helena, Montana, and earned her bachelor's degree from Carroll College in 1997 and ...

Organization

The Secretary of State's Office is composed of five divisions: *The Administrative Rules Services Division is the

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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

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s, the Administrative Rules of Montana, is updated quarterly. *The Business Services Division registers

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s, assumed business names, and

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s made under the

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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

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s and

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and

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is regulated by a separate agency, th
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. 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.

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Organization

Other duties

List of secretaries of state of Montana

See also

References

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