This collection is a sub-subgroup (Former Office/Unit) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Office of Legal Affairs operated within the Centralized Services Division of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). In 1995, the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences merged with parts of SRS to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.

The records of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services are comprised of correspondence by creator; Administrative Rules Review files relevant to a wide variety of Social and Rehabilitation Services functions; case files regarding licensure and revocations of licenses for eateries, hotels, health care facilities, and residential buildings, as well as cases related to Medicaid reimbursement of medical professionals; legislative files; and subject files regarding individual facilities and businesses, as well as information on SRS divisions and policies.