Alaska Department of Law

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department of justice state government agency

The Alaska Department of Law is the state's chief legal agency, responsible for providing legal services to the executive branch and representing Alaska in civil and criminal matters.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Alaska Attorney General	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of justice ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska ⓘ surface form: State of Alaska
appointedBy	Governor of Alaska ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	administrative staff ⓘ assistant attorneys general ⓘ investigators ⓘ paralegals ⓘ state prosecutors ⓘ
follows	Alaska Constitution ⓘ Alaska Statutes ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
hasDivision	Child Protection section ⓘ Civil Division ⓘ Collections and Support section ⓘ Consumer Protection section ⓘ Criminal Appeals unit ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ Environmental section ⓘ Labor and State Affairs section ⓘ Natural Resources section ⓘ Office of Public Advocacy oversight functions ⓘ Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals ⓘ Opinions, Appeals, and Ethics sections ⓘ Special Prosecutions unit ⓘ Torts and Workers’ Compensation section ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility	child protection and child support enforcement litigation ⓘ consumer protection enforcement in Alaska ⓘ defending the State of Alaska in lawsuits ⓘ defending the constitutionality of Alaska statutes ⓘ drafting and reviewing legislation for the executive branch ⓘ enforcing state laws in Alaska ⓘ environmental law enforcement for the state ⓘ prosecuting certain criminal cases on behalf of the state ⓘ providing legal advice to state agencies ⓘ providing legal services to the executive branch of Alaska ⓘ public integrity and special prosecutions ⓘ representing Alaska in appellate litigation ⓘ representing Alaska in federal court ⓘ representing Alaska in state court ⓘ representing the State of Alaska in civil matters ⓘ representing the State of Alaska in criminal matters ⓘ reviewing and approving state regulations for legality ⓘ
headedBy	Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of Alaska
headquartersLocation	Anchorage, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Juneau, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	state agency ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of Alaska
partOf	state government of Alaska ⓘ surface form: Government of Alaska

Referenced by (2)

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

state government of Alaska → hasAgency → Alaska Department of Law ⓘ

Office of the Governor of Alaska → nominates → Alaska Department of Law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Attorney General