County Attorney/Public Administrator
What does this office do?
- Settling estates when no family member can handle them
- Caring for adults who cannot care for themselves, in some counties
- Arranging burials for people with no one to do it, in some counties
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Data Privacy
Candidates:
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Jania Hatfield has been Sanders County Attorney since county commissioners appointed her in late 2024. She earlier served as deputy and acting county attorney in Broadwater County and worked for the state public defender's office, and earned her law degree at the University of Oregon.
Records: Government Efficiency 1 for
Sources: co.sanders.mt.us23