Utah Attorney General
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The Utah Attorney General is an executive position within the Utah government. The attorney general is the chief law enforcement, legal officer and lawyer for Utah. According to the Constitution of Utah, "The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the State officers, except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, and shall perform such other duties as provided by law." The mission of the office of the attorney general is to uphold the constitutions of the United States and of the state, enforce the law, provide counsel to state agencies and public officials, assist law enforcement, and protect the interests of the state, its people, environment and resources.
The current officeholder is Mark Shurtleff.
Divisions
The office of the attorney general includes the following divisions:
- Child/Family Support Division
- Child Protection Division
- Civil Appeals Division
- Commercial Enforcement Division
- Children’s Justice Division
- Criminal Appeals Division
- Criminal Justice Division
- Education Division
- Environment Division
- Investigations Division
- Litigation Division
- Natural Resources Division
- State Agency Counsel Division
- Tax and Revenue Division
Duties and Responsibilities
The duties of the Utah attorney general include:
- Prosecute or defend all causes in which the State or a state agency is a party.
- Initiate legal proceedings on behalf of the state.
- Direct the process of executions on judgments.
- Account for state funds which comes into possession of the office.
- Keep a file on each case, civil or criminal, in which the attorney general is required to appear.
- Act as supervisor to district and county attorneys within the state.
- Give opinions on questions of law to state agencies, officers, boards, commissions, and to county or district attorneys.
- Assist district or county attorneys when required by public service or by the governor.
- Purchase property in the name of the state offered under executions and enter partial or whole satisfactions of judgment as directed by the Board of Examiners.
- If a judgment debtor’s property is under a prior encumbrance, the attorney general shall redeem the property.
- Pay costs necessary to the prosecution of any proceedings necessary to set aside fraudulent conveyances made by judgment debtors.
- Discharge the duties of a member of any official boards of which the attorney general is legally required to be a member.
- Prosecute corporations which act illegally.
- Investigate in order to recover property which should revert to the state.
- Administer the Children's Justice Center program.
- Assist the Constitutional Defense Council.
- Investigate and prosecute criminal violations of the False Claims Act.
- Investigate and prosecute complaints of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of patients at health care facilities that receive payments under the state Medicaid program.
Contact information
Office of the Attorney General
Utah State Capitol Complex
350 North State Street Suite 230
SLC UT 84114-2320
Fax:801-538-1121
See also
External links
- Office of the Utah Attorney General
- About the office of the Utah Attorney General
- Duties of the Utah Attorney General
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