Attorney General of Florida

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The Attorney General of Florida is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Florida in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and overseeing key consumer protection and criminal justice initiatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
state attorney general ⓘ
state executive office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Florida ⓘ
surface form: State of Florida
appliesToLegalSystem Florida law ⓘ
United States law ⓘ
appointedBy voters of Florida ⓘ
coequalWith Chief Financial Officer of Florida ⓘ
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture ⓘ
Governor of Florida ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Florida ⓘ
surface form: Florida Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource Constitution of Florida ⓘ
surface form: Florida Constitution, Article IV
eligibleVoters registered voters of Florida ⓘ
follows Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Territorial Attorney General of Florida
hasAuthorityOver Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Florida Office of the Attorney General

Office of Statewide Prosecution ⓘ
hasDuty defend state statutes in court ⓘ
enforce state laws ⓘ
issue legal opinions to state agencies ⓘ
oversee certain criminal justice initiatives ⓘ
oversee consumer protection enforcement ⓘ
participate in multi-state litigation on behalf of Florida ⓘ
represent the State of Florida in legal proceedings ⓘ
serve as chief legal officer of Florida ⓘ
hasJurisdiction state legal matters in Florida ⓘ
headOfGovernment Florida Department of Legal Affairs ⓘ
inception 1845 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalForm public office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Leon County, Florida ⓘ
memberOf Florida Cabinet ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Florida Department of Legal Affairs ⓘ
officeHolder Ashley Moody ⓘ
officeType statewide elected office ⓘ
partOf Florida Cabinet ⓘ
position Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeldBy Ashley Moody ⓘ
reeligibility two consecutive terms ⓘ
residence Tallahassee ⓘ
surface form: Tallahassee, Florida
seat Tallahassee ⓘ
surface form: Tallahassee, Florida
selectionMethod popular election ⓘ
startTime 2019-01-08 ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of Florida ⓘ
surface form: Florida Constitution
termLength 4 years ⓘ

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Government of Florida → hasOffice → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Attorney General of Florida → position → Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ashley Moody
Attorney General of Florida → follows → Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Territorial Attorney General of Florida
Attorney General of Florida → hasAuthorityOver → Attorney General of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florida Office of the Attorney General
Article IV → definesPowersOf → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV of the Florida Constitution
Florida Cabinet → hasMember → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Florida Cabinet → includesOffice → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florida Attorney General
Charlie Crist → positionHeld → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Florida Department of Legal Affairs → headedBy → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Florida Department of Legal Affairs → hasOfficial → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Office of Statewide Prosecution → accountableTo → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture → coequalWith → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florida Attorney General
Ashley Moody → positionHeld → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Ashley Moody → officeContested → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
Florida Sunshine Law → enforcedBy → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florida Attorney General