The department is led by the Attorney General of New Hampshire, currently John Formella.
[1] NHDOJ headquarters are located at 1 Granite Place South in Concord.
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 is responsible for the following general functions, as provided in NH RSA 21-M:2: The state's attorney general is the head of the Department of Justice and a constitutional officer of the state, under Part II, Article 46 of the Constitution of New Hampshire and is appointed by the Governor with approval of the Governor's 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 prosecutions.
The Division of Public Protection has three statutory bureaus which are charged with protecting the State from crime, fraud and other dangers.