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TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 8000-22980›DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 11000-15986›PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS 12001-12790›CHAPTER 6. Attorney General 12500-12661›ARTICLE 2. General Powers and Duties 12510-12533

§ 12518

California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Whenever any action is brought against the State or any State agency involving the title, or right to possession or the boundaries of any lands belonging to the State or in which it has any interest, the Attorney General may, when in his judgment the public interest so requires, upon his own motion or upon the request of any State agency, appear as attorney in defense of the State or State agency.

Upon his own motion or upon the request of any State agency, the Attorney General may institute such an action in the name of the people of the State or on behalf of any State agency.

(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)

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