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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78581</law_id><section_number>2.2-500</section_number><catch_line>Attorney General to be chief executive officer; duties generally</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>12.1-18</reference><reference>2.2-2237</reference><reference>2.2-4344</reference><reference>23.1-3106</reference><reference>4.1-103</reference><reference>4.1-604</reference><reference>51.5-56</reference><reference>63.2-2103</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Department of Law</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Department of Law</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> shall be the chief executive officer of the Department of <span class="dictionary">Law</span>, and shall perform such duties as may be provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 2-85; 1966, c. 677, &#xA7; 2.1-117; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
