Delaware Attorney General
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The Attorney General of Delaware is a constitutional officer of the state of Delaware, and is the chief law officer and the head of the State Department of Justice.
The attorney general is elected to a four-year term in the "off-year" state election, two years before or after the election of the governor. Along with the State Treasurer, State Auditor, and State Insurance Commissioner, the office is intended to serve as a restraint to the governor's exclusive executive authority. The office existed in various forms prior to the ratification of the Delaware Constitution of 1776, which continued the existing colonial tradition of granting the Governor of Delaware the power to appoint the Attorney General for a five-year tenure. With the ratification of the Delaware Constitution of 1897, the post was converted to its present four-year elected form, also establishing the attorney general as third in line of succession to the office of governor, after the Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State.
The current officeholder is Beau Biden.
Contact information
Dover Office
102 W. Water Street
Dover, DE 19904
Criminal Division.: (302) 739-4211
Civil Division: (302) 739-7641
Fax: (302) 739-7652
TTY: (302) 739-1545
See also
- Attorney General Beau Biden
- Delaware Governor
- Delaware Lieutenant Governor
- Delaware Attorney General
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References
Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.
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