Attorney General of Minnesota

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The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Minnesota in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional officer ⓘ
state attorney general ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Minnesota ⓘ
appointedBy elected by popular vote ⓘ
chiefFunction enforces Minnesota state laws ⓘ
provides legal advice to state agencies ⓘ
provides legal advice to state officials ⓘ
represents the State of Minnesota in legal matters ⓘ
serves as chief legal officer of Minnesota ⓘ
coequals Governor of Minnesota ⓘ
Secretary of State of Minnesota ⓘ
State Auditor of Minnesota ⓘ
collaboratesWith county attorneys in Minnesota ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Minnesota Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Minnesota Constitution of 1857 ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.ag.state.mn.us ⓘ
headOfGovernment Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Minnesota Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
inception 1858 ⓘ
jurisdiction antitrust enforcement ⓘ
charities regulation ⓘ
civil enforcement of state laws ⓘ
consumer protection enforcement ⓘ
enforcement of certain criminal laws ⓘ
environmental law enforcement ⓘ
legalAdviceTo Minnesota constitutional officers ⓘ
Minnesota state agencies ⓘ
Minnesota state boards and commissions ⓘ
legalRequirement must be licensed to practice law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Minnesota State Capitol ⓘ
mayAppearBefore Minnesota Court of Appeals ⓘ
Minnesota Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf Minnesota Executive Council ⓘ
officeHolder Keith Ellison ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime Keith Ellison 2019-01-07 ⓘ
officeType statewide elected office ⓘ
oversightOf Minnesota charities and nonprofit organizations ⓘ
consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices ⓘ
partOf Minnesota Executive Branch ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
precededBy Attorney General of the Territory of Minnesota ⓘ
represents State of Minnesota in appellate courts ⓘ
State of Minnesota in civil litigation ⓘ
State of Minnesota in federal courts ⓘ
residenceRequirement must be a resident of Minnesota ⓘ
seat Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
selectionMethod statewide election ⓘ
subordinateTo Minnesota voters ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ

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Walter Mondale → positionHeld → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
Keith Ellison → positionHeld → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
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Attorney General of Minnesota → headOfGovernmentBody → Minnesota Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
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Attorney General of Minnesota → precededBy → Attorney General of the Territory of Minnesota ⓘ
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Ex parte Young → partyRole → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus → respondentOffice → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
Keith Ellison → positionHeld → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
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State of Minnesota in civil litigation → representedBy → Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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State of Minnesota in civil litigation → legalInterestsAdvocatedBy → Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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State of Minnesota in civil litigation → legalInterestsDefendedBy → Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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State of Minnesota in civil litigation → representedThrough → Office of the Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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State of Minnesota in civil litigation → legalPositionFormulatedBy → Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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Minnesota Executive Council → hasMember → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
Government of Minnesota → hasOffice → Minnesota Attorney General ⓘ
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Edward T. Young → positionHeld → Attorney General of Minnesota ⓘ
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