ARTICLE 2. General Powers and Duties

Article 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.

§§ 12510–12536 · 39 sections

§ 12510 The Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice.
§ 12511 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…
§ 12511.5 The Attorney General may defend a public or private provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, and its officers, employees,…
§ 12511.7 Defense of the California Legislature Transparency Act. If an action is brought challenging, in whole or in part, the validity of the California Legislature…
§ 12512 The Attorney General shall attend the Supreme Court and prosecute or defend all causes to which the state, or any state officer, is a party in the state…
§ 12513 After judgment in any of the causes referred to in Section 12512, the Attorney General shall direct the issuing of such process as may be necessary to carry…
§ 12513.1 Any person who fails to pay on a timely basis any liability or penalty imposed by or on behalf of any state agency or official, the People of the State of…
§ 12514 The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes in which the Attorney General is required to appear. The docket shall be open to the inspection of the…
§ 12515 The Attorney General shall bid upon and purchase, in the name of the state and under the direction of the Department of General Services, any property offered…
§ 12516 Whenever the property of a judgment debtor in any judgment in favor or for the use of the state has been sold under a prior judgment, or is subject to any…
§ 12517 When in the Attorney General’s opinion it may be necessary for the collection or enforcement of any judgment in favor or for the use of the state, the Attorney…
§ 12518 Whenever any action is brought against the state or any state agency involving the title, or right to possession or the boundaries of any lands belonging to…
§ 12519 The Attorney General shall give the Attorney General’s opinion in writing to any Member of the Legislature, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of…
§ 12520 (a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any case except pursuant to either of the following: (1) Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540).…
§ 12521 The Attorney General shall account for and pay over to the proper officer all money which may come into the Attorney General’s possession belonging to the…
§ 12522 On or before the 15th day of September in each even-numbered year, the Attorney General shall report to the Governor the condition of the affairs of the…
§ 12523 The Attorney General may appear for and represent the Indians of the State of California before the Indian Claims Commission created by an act of Congress…
§ 12524 The Attorney General may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, call into conference the district attorneys and sheriffs of the several…
§ 12525 (a) In any case in which a person dies while in the custody of any law enforcement agency or while in custody in a local or state correctional facility in this…
§ 12525.2 (a) Each law enforcement agency shall monthly furnish to the Department of Justice, in a manner defined and prescribed by the Attorney General, a report of all…
§ 12525.3 (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply: (1) “Deadly weapon” includes, but it not limited to, any loaded weapon from which a…
§ 12525.5 (a) (1) Each state and local agency that employs peace officers shall annually report to the Attorney General data on all stops conducted by that agency’s…
§ 12526 The Attorney General antitrust account is hereby created in the General Fund. All money in the account is available to the Department of Justice for…
§ 12527 (a) This section applies to every action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General. (b) The court may appoint a…
§ 12527.5 For purposes of this article, any property which is obtained in connection with any deceptive or misleading statements or conduct shall be deemed obtained…
§ 12527.6 (a) The court may, in an action brought by the Attorney General under the unfair competition laws (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of…
§ 12528 (a) There is in the Office of the Attorney General the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, which shall implement Sections 1903(a)(6), 1903(b)(3), and…
§ 12528.1 (a) An agent, investigator, or auditor of the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse within the office of the Attorney General shall have the authority to…
§ 12529 (a) There is in the Department of Justice the Health Quality Enforcement Section. The primary responsibility of the section is to investigate and prosecute…
§ 12529.5 (a) All complaints or relevant information concerning licensees that are within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, the California Board of…
§ 12529.7 By March 1, 2016, the Medical Board of California, in consultation with the Department of Justice and the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall report and make…
§ 12530 The Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Justice. Moneys in the…
§ 12530.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Forced labor or services” means labor or services that are performed or provided by a…
§ 12531 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California, represented by the California Attorney General, entered a national multistate settlement with the…
§ 12532 (a) Until July 1, 2027, the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee, shall engage in reviews of county, local, or private locked detention…
§ 12532.5 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the Attorney General shall publish model policies for state and local…
§ 12533 (a) The Attorney General may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance, in lieu of a stipulated judgment, to resolve an action brought in the name of the…
§ 12534 (a) The Opioid Settlements Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) Upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer funds…
§ 12536 (a) The Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The State Department of Public Health shall administer the…