New York Executive Law Article 5 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- 60 - Department of Law.
There shall continue to be in the state government a department of law. The head of the department of law shall be the attorney-general who...
- 61 - Solicitor General.
There shall be in the department of law a solicitor general who shall be appointed by the attorney-general and who shall perform such duties in...
- 62 - Assistants.
1. The attorney-general may appoint such assistant attorneys-general, deputy assistant attorneys-general and attorneys as he may deem necessary and fix their compensation within the amounts...
- 63 - General Duties.
The attorney-general shall: 1. Prosecute and defend all actions and proceedings in which the state is interested, and have charge and control of all the...
- 63-a - Action by Attorney-General for Forfeiture of Public Office.
The attorney-general may maintain an action, upon his own information or upon the complaint of a private person, against a public officer, civil or military,...
- 63-b - Action by Attorney-General Against Usurper of Office or Franchise.
1. The attorney-general may maintain an action, upon his own information or upon the complaint of a private person, against a person who usurps, intrudes...
- 63-c - Action by the People for Illegal Receipt or Disposition of Public Funds or Other Property.
1. Where any money, funds, credits, or other property, held or owned by the state, or held or owned officially or otherwise for or in...
- 63-d - Attorney-General; Death Penalty Prosecutions.
1. The attorney-general shall, whenever required by the governor or his designee after a request of the governor by a district attorney, direct that the...
- 64 - Costs Recovered.
Costs recovered by the attorney-general may be applied by him in payment of the expenses incurred by him in the action or proceeding in which...
- 65 - Register.
The attorney-general shall keep a register of all actions and proceedings prosecuted or defended by him, and of all proceedings in relation thereto, and shall...
- 66 - Destruction of Certain Records, Books and Other Data by the Attorney-General.
In any action or proceeding or by other process of law, in which a money judgment or award shall have been procured in favor of...
- 67 - Additional Counsel.
The governor or attorney-general may designate and employ such additional attorneys or counsel as may be necessary to assist in the transaction of any of...
- 70 - Deputy Attorney-General to Act As Special District Attorney.
Whenever the governor shall advise the attorney-general that he has reason to doubt whether in any county the law relating to crimes against the elective...
- 70-a - Statewide Organized Crime Task Force.
1. There shall be established within the department of law a statewide organized crime task force which, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall...
- 71 - Attorney-General Authorized to Appear in Cases Involving the Constitutionality of an Act of the Legislature, or a Rule or Regulation Adopted Pursuant
thereto. 1. Whenever the constitutionality of a statute, or a rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto is brought into question upon the trial, hearing or...
- 72 - When Costs Payable to Relator.
Where security is given by relator in an action brought by the attorney-general on the relation or information of a person having an interest, all...
- 73 - Power to Administer Oaths and Take Acknowledgments.
The attorney-general of the state of New York and all deputies and assistants appointed by him pursuant to section sixty-two of the executive law, who...
- 74 - Welfare Inspector General.
1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: a. "Inspector" means the welfare inspector general created by this section. b....
Last modified: February 3, 2019