Attorney General of New Jersey

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The Attorney General of New Jersey is the state’s chief law enforcement officer and legal advisor, overseeing the Department of Law and Public Safety and representing New Jersey in legal matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state attorney general ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Jersey ⓘ
appointedBy Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
confirmedBy New Jersey Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasDivision Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Consumer Affairs (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Criminal Justice (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Law (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division on Civil Rights (New Jersey) ⓘ
headOf New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety ⓘ
inception 1776 ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
legalBasis New Jersey Constitution ⓘ
New Jersey Statutes ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
memberOf New Jersey Governor's Cabinet ⓘ
nativeLabel Attorney General of the State of New Jersey ⓘ
officeHolderSelection gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation ⓘ
officeType chief law enforcement officer of New Jersey ⓘ
chief legal advisor of New Jersey ⓘ
oversees Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Consumer Affairs (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Criminal Justice (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division of Law (New Jersey) ⓘ
Division on Civil Rights (New Jersey) ⓘ
Juvenile Justice Commission (New Jersey) ⓘ
New Jersey Racing Commission ⓘ
New Jersey State Police ⓘ
New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Office ⓘ
Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (New Jersey) ⓘ
partOf Government of New Jersey ⓘ
precededBy Attorney General of the Province of New Jersey ⓘ
reportsTo Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
responsibleFor civil litigation involving the State of New Jersey ⓘ
civil rights enforcement ⓘ
consumer protection enforcement ⓘ
criminal prosecutions in certain cases ⓘ
law enforcement policy in New Jersey ⓘ
oversight of county prosecutors ⓘ
oversight of state law enforcement agencies ⓘ
representation of New Jersey in legal matters ⓘ
seat Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
termLength serves at the pleasure of the Governor ⓘ
website https://www.njoag.gov/ ⓘ

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

Government of the State of New Jersey → hasAttorneyGeneral → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office → supervisedBy → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
William L. Dayton → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey State Police → subordinateTo → Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey
George M. Robeson → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
David T. Wilentz → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey → cannotServeAs → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Cabinet of the Governor of New Jersey → hasMember → New Jersey Attorney General ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey
Attorney General of New Jersey → precededBy → Attorney General of the Province of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey
Attorney General of New Jersey → nativeLabel → Attorney General of the State of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey
Jeff Chiesa → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey state law → enforcedBy → New Jersey Attorney General ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey
Samuel L. Southard → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Cortlandt Skinner → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Cortlandt Skinner → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Cortlandt Parker → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety → headedBy → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
Theodore Frelinghuysen → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
David T. Wilentz → positionHeld → Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilentz
New Jersey criminal justice system → overseenBy → New Jersey Attorney General ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of New Jersey