Description: The Office of the Minnesota Attorney General is a statewide constitutional office that serves as the chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota. The office represents the state and its agencies in litigation, provides legal advice to state officials, enforces state laws (including consumer protection, environmental, and civil rights laws), conducts civil and public-interest litigation on behalf of residents, and coordinates with local and federal partners on law-enforcement and regulatory matters. Type: State government office (executive branch constitutional office) Policies: Consumer protection and fraud enforcement; environmental and natural-resources enforcement; civil-rights and voting-rights enforcement; Medicaid, health-care and public-benefit fraud enforcement; antitrust and corporate accountability litigation; data privacy and cybersecurity enforcement; criminal appeals and public-safety legal work; legal advice to state agencies and rulemaking oversight. Funding: Primarily funded through Minnesota state budget appropriations (general fund and dedicated state appropriations), supplemented by federal grants, certain settlement or special-revenue accounts, and fee-for-service recoveries in specific programs. Affiliates: Minnesota state agencies (e.g., Department of Public Safety, Department of Natural Resources), county and municipal attorneys, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), and allied public-interest and regulatory partners at the federal and state level.
