The Attorney General has charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the State is interested, except the business of The Regents of the University of California and of such other boards or officers as are by law authorized to employ attorneys.
Cal. Gov. Code § 12511
General Powers and Duties
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case 11 Cal. 3d 1 - D'AMICO v. Board of Medical Examiners (1974)
Most recently applied in Abbott Labs. v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty. (May 2018)
Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.