Attorney General of Mississippi

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constitutional officer lawyer politician state attorney general

The Attorney General of Mississippi is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Mississippi in legal matters, issuing legal opinions, and enforcing state law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Attorney General of Mississippi canonical	7
Mississippi Attorney General	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional officer ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ state attorney general ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefLegalOfficerOf	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Mississippi Constitution of 1890 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Mississippi Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
duty	advises local prosecutors on legal issues ⓘ defends state statutes when challenged ⓘ enforces state law ⓘ initiates civil actions on behalf of the state ⓘ issues official legal opinions ⓘ oversees certain criminal prosecutions when requested or authorized by law ⓘ participates in multistate litigation ⓘ protects consumers through enforcement of consumer protection laws ⓘ provides legal advice to state agencies ⓘ represents Mississippi in federal courts ⓘ represents Mississippi in state courts ⓘ represents state agencies in litigation ⓘ represents the State of Mississippi in legal matters ⓘ represents the state in criminal appeals ⓘ
electedIn	statewide election ⓘ
electionMethod	popular vote ⓘ
eligibleFor	reelection ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.ago.state.ms.us/ ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Mississippi Attorney General’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1817 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalAuthority	Mississippi Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Hinds County NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ
officeHeldInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolder	Lynn Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeType	chief legal officer ⓘ statewide elected office ⓘ
partOf	Mississippi state government NERFINISHED ⓘ
position	Attorney General of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Lynn Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat	Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Mississippi electorate ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Mississippi ⓘ Mississippi Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Mississippi Constitution → establishesOffice → Attorney General of Mississippi ⓘ

Government of Mississippi → hasOffice → Attorney General of Mississippi ⓘ

Mississippi Attorney General’s Office → headOfGovernmentBody → Attorney General of Mississippi ⓘ

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch → positionHeld → Attorney General of Mississippi ⓘ