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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.010 (2026)

Department of Law -- Attorney General as head -- Major organizational

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units. (1) The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Law. (2) The Department of Law shall include the following major organizational units: (a) Department of Criminal Investigations; 1. Office of Counter-Exploitation; a. Special Victims Division; b. Cyber Crimes Division; and c. Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Division; and 2. Office of Investigative Operations; a. Public Corruption Division; b. Special Investigations Division; and c. Protective Intelligence Division; and (b) Department of Criminal Litigation; 1. Office of Special Prosecutions; 2. Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control; 3. Office of Prosecutors Advisory Council; and 4. Office of Victims Advocacy; (c) Department of Civil Litigation; 1. Office of Consumer Protection; 2. Office of Civil and Environmental Law; a. Open Records and Meetings Division; and b. Civil Litigation Division; 3. Office of Rate Intervention; 4. Office of Senior Protection; 5. Office of Administrative Hearings; a. Family and Children Division; b. Health Services Division; and c. General Government Division; and 6. Office of Data Privacy; (d) Office of the Solicitor General; 1. Criminal Appeals Division; and 2. Civil Appeals Division; (e) Office of Legal Counsel; (f) Office of Communications; (g) Office of Management and Budget; (h) Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief; and (i) Department of Child Support Services; 1. Office of Processing and Distribution; 2. Office of Program Services; 3. Office of General Counsel; 4. Office of Administrative Services; and 5. Office of Information Services. Effective: July 1, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 2, effective April 5, 2024. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 10, effective March 15, 2024. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4618-75.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2014–2026 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Johnson, 423 S.W.3d 718 (Ky. 2014).
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Commonwealth v. Johnson, 423 S.W.3d 718 (Ky. 2014). · cites it 5× “In clarifying this novel issue, KRS 15.010, 15.150 and 15.700 prove instructive.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. Russell Coleman v. Dr. Ernest Marshall (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). “” KRS 15.010(1). He or she serves as the “chief law officer” for the Commonwealth and its numerous departments and agencies.”
Rhema of Fox Valley, LLC, et al. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health & Fam. Servs., Dep't of Medicaid Servs., et al. (W.D. Ky. 2026). “§ 15.010(1))]; see generally [R. 7]. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ state and federal claims for monetary and injunctive relief are barred unless Plaintiffs establish that an exception to the sovereign immunity applies here.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.010(1) — 2 cases
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. Russell Coleman v. Dr. Ernest Marshall (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). “” KRS 15.010(1). He or she serves as the “chief law officer” for the Commonwealth and its numerous departments and agencies.”
Rhema of Fox Valley, LLC, et al. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health & Fam. Servs., Dep't of Medicaid Servs., et al. (W.D. Ky. 2026). “§ 15.010(1))]; see generally [R. 7]. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ state and federal claims for monetary and injunctive relief are barred unless Plaintiffs establish that an exception to the sovereign immunity applies here.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.010(2)(c) — 1 case
Commonwealth v. Johnson, 423 S.W.3d 718 (Ky. 2014). “In clarifying this novel issue, KRS 15.010, 15.150 and 15.700 prove instructive.”
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