California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - General Powers and Duties

• Section 12510.
  The Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
• Section 12511.
  The Attorney General has charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the State is interested, except the business of The Regents of the...
• Section 12511.5.
  The Attorney General may defend a public or private provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, and its officers,...
• Section 12511.7.
  Defense of the California Legislature Transparency Act. If an action is brought challenging, in whole or in part, the validity of the California Legislature Transparency...
• Section 12512.
  The Attorney General shall attend the Supreme Court and prosecute or defend all causes to which the State, or any State officer is a party...
• Section 12513.
  After judgment in any of the causes referred to in Section 12512, the Attorney General shall direct the issuing of such process as may be...
• Section 12513.1.
  Any person who fails to pay on a timely basis any liability or penalty imposed by or on behalf of any state agency or official,...
• Section 12514.
  The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes in which he is required to appear. The docket shall be open to the inspection...
• Section 12515.
  The Attorney General shall bid upon and purchase, in the name of the state and under the direction of the Department of General Services, any...
• Section 12516.
  Whenever the property of a judgment debtor in any judgment in favor or for the use of the state has been sold under a prior...
• Section 12517.
  When in his or her opinion it may be necessary for the collection or enforcement of any judgment in favor or for the use of...
• Section 12518.
  Whenever any action is brought against the State or any State agency involving the title, or right to possession or the boundaries of any lands...
• Section 12519.
  The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion in writing to any Member of the Legislature, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller,...
• Section 12520.
  (a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any case except pursuant to either of the following:(1)  Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540).(2)  Article...
• Section 12521.
  The Attorney General shall account for and pay over to the proper officer all money which may come into his possession belonging to the State...
• Section 12522.
  On or before the fifteenth day of September in each even-numbered year, the Attorney General shall report to the Governor the condition of the affairs...
• Section 12523.
  The Attorney General may appear for and represent the Indians of the State of California before the Indian Claims Commission created by an act of...
• Section 12524.
  The Attorney General may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, call into conference the district attorneys and sheriffs of the...
• Section 12525.
  In any case in which a person dies while in the custody of any law enforcement agency or while in custody in a local or...
• Section 12525.2.
  (a) Beginning January 1, 2017, each law enforcement agency shall annually furnish to the Department of Justice, in a manner defined and prescribed by the Attorney...
• Section 12525.5.
  (a) (1) Each state and local agency that employs peace officers shall annually report to the Attorney General data on all stops conducted by that agency’s peace...
• Section 12526.
  The Attorney General antitrust account is hereby created in the General Fund. All money in the account is available to the Department of Justice for...
• Section 12527.
  (a) This section applies to every action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.(b) The court may appoint...
• Section 12527.5.
  For purposes of this article, any property which is obtained in connection with any deceptive or misleading statements or conduct shall be deemed obtained through...
• Section 12528.
  (a) There is in the Office of the Attorney General the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud, which shall implement Sections 1903(a)(6), 1903(b)(3), and 1903(g) of the federal...
• Section 12528.1.
  (a) Any agent, investigator, or auditor of the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud within the office of the Attorney General shall have the authority to inspect, at...
• Section 12529.
  (a) There is in the Department of Justice the Health Quality Enforcement Section. The primary responsibility of the section is to investigate and prosecute proceedings against...
• Section 12529.5.
  (a) All complaints or relevant information concerning licensees that are within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the...
• Section 12529.6.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Medical Board of California, by ensuring the quality and safety of medical care, performs one of the most...
• Section 12529.7.
  By March 1, 2016, the Medical Board of California, in consultation with the Department of Justice and the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall report and...
• Section 12530.
  The Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Justice. Moneys in the...
• Section 12531.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California, represented by the California Attorney General, entered a national multistate settlement with the country’s five largest loan servicers....
• Section 12532.
  (a) Until July 1, 2027, the Attorney General, or his or her designee, shall engage in reviews of county, local, or private locked detention facilities in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018