Montana Attorney General Tim Fox presented the 2019 Matt Dale Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award at a ceremony in Miles City today. The recipient, a family law attorney in private practice, was honored at a celebration held at the Miles City Courthouse. Colleagues nominated Rennie...
Attorney General Tim Fox announced today his agency has hired a Missing Persons Specialist and a LINC Coordinator; both begin their new duties at the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) this week. Former Glacier County Deputy Sheriff Misty LaPlant is DOJ’s Missing Persons Specialist. This new...
FORT HARRISON – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox presented the 2019 Matt Dale Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award at a ceremony this morning at Fort Harrison. The recipient, a Judge Advocate with the Montana National Guard, was honored at an event held in the...
Attorney General Tim Fox today announced the completion of Montana’s Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System. The system, which launches September 1, will be used by sex assault survivors, health care professionals, and law enforcement agencies statewide. The Montana Department of Justice designed the Sexual Assault Kit...
The Montana Department of Justice announced today the availability of $24,000 in Chrome for Kids Wish Fund grants. These funds are made available through a special Chrome for Kids motorcycle license plate used to fund efforts by Montana-based nonprofit corporations which grant wishes to chronically...
Attorney General Tim Fox today announced that as a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of all state attorneys general and 12 phone companies, eight principles have been adopted to fight illegal robocalls nationwide. “This agreement will help protect consumers from illegal robocalls and make it...
Attorney General Tim Fox joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general in urging the streaming industry to limit tobacco use in their video content. Due to the growing use of tobacco products among teens, the attorneys general urge the streaming industry to take proactive...
Attorney General Fox sent a letter today to Congressional leadership in both chambers, asking for the removal of federal barriers preventing health care providers from offering treatment for opioid use disorder. The letter was signed by 39 attorneys general. Opioid use disorder is the physical and...
Attorney General Tim Fox and 49 other attorneys general announced an historic $600 million settlement today with Equifax concerning its 2017 data breach affecting over 147 million Americans – more than half of the U.S. population. That number includes an estimated 380,441 Montanans. "Today’s announcement marks...
The Montana Department of Justice's Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) received five awards from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) for the Montana REAL ID public information campaign and website, mtrealid.gov. The awards were presented at AAMVA’s Region 4 conference to MVD Administrator Sarah Garcia...