44-5-105. Department of justice — powers. The department of justice may:

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Terms Used In Montana Code 44-5-105

  • Criminal history record information: means information about individuals collected by criminal justice agencies consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests; detentions; the filing of complaints, indictments, or informations and dispositions arising from complaints, indictments, or informations; sentences; correctional status; and release. See Montana Code 44-5-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(1)adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(2)hear and decide contested cases or challenges that may arise under the provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act;

(3)conduct audits of the criminal history record information systems of a representative sample of state and local criminal justice agencies chosen annually on a random basis to determine whether they are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.