New Hampshire Department of Justice

The State of New Hampshire Department of Justice (NHDOJ) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The NHDOJ is under the executive direction of Acting Attorney General Orville B. Fitch II. The State of New Hampshire Department of Justice Building is located at 33 Capitol Street in Concord.

Duties

Through its officials, the Department of Justice has all the powers and duties enumerated by the NH Revised Statutes Annotated and implied from the common law and are be responsible for the following general functions, as provided in :

• Advising and representing the state and its executive branch agencies in all civil legal matters.
• Supervising and conducting criminal investigations and prosecutions.
• Enforcing the various consumer protection and antitrust laws of the state.
• Assisting and advising those agencies charged with protecting the environment and enforcing the environmental laws of the state.

Attorney General

The New Hampshire Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice and a constitutional officer of the state, under Part II, Article 46 of the New Hampshire Constitution and is appointed by the Governor with approval of the Executive Council to serve a four-year term.

The Attorney General acts as the state's attorney in all criminal and civil cases in the New Hampshire Supreme Court in which the state is interested, and in the prosecution of crimes punishable by death or life in prison, as well as managing other criminal and civil...
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