Attorney General of Florida

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constitutional officer politician state attorney general state executive office

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ashley Moody	0
Florida Office of the Attorney General	1
Territorial Attorney General of Florida	1

Statements (48)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Article IV → definesPowersOf → Attorney General of Florida ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the Florida Constitution

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

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