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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72479</law_id><section_number>2.2-513</section_number><catch_line>Counsel for Commonwealth in federal matters</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 represent the interests of the Commonwealth, its departments, boards, institutions and commissions in matters before or controversies with the officers and several departments of the government of the United States.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 2-91; 1966, c. 677, &#xA7; 2.1-126; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
