Attorney General of Iowa

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Attorney General of Iowa canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state attorney general position ⓘ
state government department ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Iowa ⓘ
appointedBy voters of Iowa ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy impeachment ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Iowa Department of Justice ⓘ
hasDuty defend state statutes when challenged ⓘ
enforce antitrust laws ⓘ
enforce consumer protection laws ⓘ
enforce state law ⓘ
issue formal legal opinions ⓘ
oversee certain civil litigation involving the state ⓘ
participate in multistate investigations and lawsuits ⓘ
prosecute certain criminal cases at the state level ⓘ
provide legal advice to state agencies ⓘ
provide legal advice to state officials ⓘ
represent Iowa in federal court ⓘ
represent state agencies in court ⓘ
represent the State of Iowa in legal matters ⓘ
hasJurisdiction state law of Iowa ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/ ⓘ
hasPower to initiate civil enforcement actions ⓘ
to issue consumer alerts ⓘ
to join multistate lawsuits against corporations ⓘ
headedBy Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ
headquartersLocation Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
inception 1853 ⓘ
isChiefLegalOfficerOf Iowa ⓘ
legalForm constitutional office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Polk County, Iowa ⓘ
officeContestedIn Iowa general elections ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Iowa General Assembly ⓘ
officeHeldBy Brenna Bird ⓘ
officeType executive branch office ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of Iowa ⓘ
partOf Government of Iowa ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ
residence Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
selectionMethod popular election ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of Iowa ⓘ
laws of Iowa ⓘ
symbolizes legal interests of the State of Iowa ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Iowa → hasAttorneyGeneral → Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ
Brenna Bird → positionHeld → Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ
subject linked to: Attorney General of Iowa
Iowa Department of Justice → headedBy → Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ
subject linked to: Attorney General of Iowa
Executive branch of Iowa → hasKeyPosition → Attorney General of Iowa ⓘ