Attorney General of North Carolina

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constitutional officer of North Carolina public office state attorney general position

The Attorney General of North Carolina is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and enforcing consumer protection and other state laws.

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Label Occurrences
Attorney General of North Carolina canonical 6
North Carolina Attorney General 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional officer of North Carolina ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state attorney general position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Attorney General
appliesToJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
appointedBy elected by popular vote ⓘ
chiefFunction enforces consumer protection laws ⓘ
enforces state antitrust laws ⓘ
provides legal advice to state agencies ⓘ
represents state agencies in civil litigation ⓘ
represents the state in criminal appeals ⓘ
represents the state in legal matters ⓘ
serves as chief legal officer of North Carolina ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
eligibleVoters registered voters of North Carolina ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch ⓘ
hasWebsite https://ncdoj.gov/ ⓘ
headOf North Carolina Department of Justice ⓘ
headOfGovernment Attorney General of North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
inception 1779 ⓘ
isPartOf Council of State of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Council of State
jurisdiction executive branch of the Government of North Carolina ⓘ
legalAuthority North Carolina state constitution ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Constitution

North Carolina General Statutes ⓘ
legalForm elected office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity North Carolina ⓘ
officeCreatedBy North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
officeHolder Josh Stein ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 2017-01-01 ⓘ
officeType statewide elected office ⓘ
oversightOf North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

charitable solicitation enforcement ⓘ
state antitrust enforcement ⓘ
state consumer protection enforcement ⓘ
partOf Council of State of North Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General of North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
precededBy colonial Attorney General of the Province of North Carolina ⓘ
residence Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
responsibleFor defending state laws in court ⓘ
issuing legal opinions to state agencies ⓘ
protecting the public interest in legal matters ⓘ
representing North Carolina in federal court ⓘ
seat Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
subordinateTo North Carolina State Board of Elections ⓘ
surface form: voters of North Carolina
symbol Great Seal of the State of North Carolina ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
worksWith Governor of North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ

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

North Carolina state constitution → establishesOffice → Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: North Carolina Constitution
James Iredell Sr. → positionHeld → Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
Robert Morgan → positionHeld → Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
Council of State of North Carolina → hasMemberOffice → Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
Attorney General of North Carolina → positionHeld → Attorney General of North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Josh Stein
Attorney General of North Carolina → headOfGovernment → Attorney General of North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: North Carolina Department of Justice
Attorney General of North Carolina → alsoKnownAs → Attorney General of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina Attorney General