Arizona Attorney General Opinions |  |
Contributed by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public RecordsAttorney General Opinions (1892 to current, in process) are issued when requested by the legislature (or either house of the legislature), any public officer of the State, or a county attorney, on a question of law relating to their office. The Office does not issue opinions for private citizens, nor does it offer legal advice to private citizens.
The first two digits of each opinion indicate the year it was issued (I99 indicates it was issued in 1999), and the next three digits sequentially number the order in which the opinions were issued. For example, I99-003 would be the third opinion issued in 1999. The number in parentheses (R98-025) references the request for an opinion file number. Opinions of the Attorney General are advisory, and do not have the same effect as decisions of a court of law. Opinions and letters before 1937 are identified by a date, e.g. 1892-JUL-31, rather than an opinion number.
Legal custody of pre-1937 Attorney General Opinions resides with History and Archives Division of Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Legal custody of Attorney General Opinions from 1937 – present resides with the Attorney General’s office. Opinions and letters from 1937 – 1998 were microfilmed in the condition they were received from the Attorney General’s Office and saved in PDF format by the Records Management Division of Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Attorney General Opinions from 1999 to present were downloaded from the Attorney General’s office website.
For some opinions, enclosures were not included with the file sent by the Attorney General's Office.
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Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
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