The Nevada Attorney General is the chief legal officer for the U.S. state of Nevada. The functions of the office are set forth in Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 228. The Attorney General represents the people of Nevada in civil and criminal matters before trial, appellate and the supreme courts of Nevada and the United States. The Attorney General also serves as legal counsel to state officers and, with few exceptions, to state agencies, boards and commissions.
The Attorney General may also work with or help district attorneys, local law enforcement, and federal and international criminal justice agencies in the administration of justice. In addition, the Attorney General establishes and operates projects and programs to protect Nevadans from fraud or illegal activities that target consumers or threaten public safety, and enforces laws that safeguard the environment and natural resources. Under the state Constitution, the Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. To meet its statutory obligations the office is divided into the following:
nevada, attorney, general, chief, legal, officer, state, nevada, functions, office, forth, nevada, revised, statutes, chapter, attorney, general, represents, people, nevada, civil, criminal, matters, before, trial, appellate, supreme, courts, nevada, united, s. The Nevada Attorney General is the chief legal officer for the U S state of Nevada The functions of the office are set forth in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 228 The Attorney General represents the people of Nevada in civil and criminal matters before trial appellate and the supreme courts of Nevada and the United States The Attorney General also serves as legal counsel to state officers and with few exceptions to state agencies boards and commissions Attorney General of NevadaIncumbentAaron D Fordsince January 7 2019StyleThe HonorableTerm lengthFour years two term limitInaugural holderGeorge A Nourse1864FormationConstitution of NevadaWebsiteOffice of the Attorney GeneralThe Attorney General may also work with or help district attorneys local law enforcement and federal and international criminal justice agencies in the administration of justice In addition the Attorney General establishes and operates projects and programs to protect Nevadans from fraud or illegal activities that target consumers or threaten public safety and enforces laws that safeguard the environment and natural resources Under the state Constitution the Attorney General is elected to a four year term To meet its statutory obligations the office is divided into the following Bureau of Consumer Protection Bureau of Criminal Justice Bureau of Governmental Affairs Bureau of Public AffairsThe current Nevada Attorney General is Democrat Aaron D Ford Officeholders editAttorneys General by party affiliation Party Attorneys GeneralDemocratic 19Republican 11Silver 4 Image Name Term of service Political party1 George A Nourse 1864 1867 Republican2 Robert M Clark 1867 1871 Republican3 Luther A Buckner 1871 1875 Democratic4 John R Kittrell 1875 1879 Democratic5 Michael A Murphy 1879 1883 Republican6 William H Davenport 1883 1887 Republican7 John F Alexander 1887 1891 Republican8 James D Torreyson 1891 1895 Republican9 Robert M Beatty 1895 1896 Silver10 nbsp James R Judge 1896 1899 Silver11 William D Jones 1899 1901 Silver12 nbsp William Woodburn 1901 1903 Silver13 James G Sweeney 1903 1907 Democratic a 14 Richard C Stoddard 1907 1911 Democratic a 15 Cleveland H Baker 1911 1912 Democratic16 George B Thatcher 1912 1919 Democratic17 Leonard B Fowler 1919 1923 Democratic18 Michael A Diskin 1923 1931 Democratic19 Gray Mashburn 1931 1943 Democratic20 nbsp Alan Bible 1943 1951 Democratic21 William T Mathews 1951 1955 Democratic22 Harvey Dickerson 1955 1959 Democratic23 nbsp Roger D Foley 1959 1962 Democratic24 Charles E Springer 1962 1963 Democratic25 Harvey Dickerson 1963 1971 Democratic26 nbsp Robert List 1971 1979 Republican27 nbsp Richard Bryan 1979 1983 Democratic28 Brian McKay 1983 1991 Republican29 Frankie Sue Del Papa 1991 2003 Democratic30 nbsp Brian Sandoval 2003 2005 Republican31 George Chanos 2005 2007 Republican32 nbsp Catherine Cortez Masto 2007 2015 Democratic33 nbsp Adam Laxalt 2015 2019 Republican34 nbsp Aaron Ford 2019 present Democratic a b Officially listed as a Democrat but was elected as a Silver Democrat See also editAttorney generalExternal links editNevada Attorney General official website Nevada Attorney General articles at ABA Journal News and Commentary at FindLaw Nevada Revised Statutes at Law Justia com U S Supreme Court Opinions Cases with title containing State of Nevada at FindLaw State Bar of Nevada Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt profile at National Association of Attorneys General Press releases at Nevada Attorney General Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nevada Attorney General amp oldid 1209968590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
