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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 18 (2026)
Attorney General as chief law officer
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The Attorney General shall be the chief law officer of the state. Laws 1939, p. 44, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1959–2019 · leading case: Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually & as a Deputy Sheriff of the Cnty. of Oklahoma, 841 F.2d 1512 (10th Cir. 1988).
Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually & as a Deputy Sheriff of the Cnty. of Oklahoma, 841 F.2d 1512 (10th Cir. 1988). “13 First, the Attorney General of Oklahoma serves as the State’s “Chief Law Officer,” Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 74, § 18 (1965), and is empowered under the State constitution to exercise “[tjhe Executive authority of the State,” Okla.”
State Ex Rel. Cartwright v. Georgia-Pac. Corp., 663 P.2d 718 (Okla. 1982). “” Thus, he argues, the elevation of the stature of the office is a reaffirmation of the common law duties and powers of the Attorney General. We find merit in the argument and support therefor in the authorities cited by the Attorney General; but, having so concluded, the…”
Cox v. Dawson, 911 P.2d 272 (Okla. 1996). “See 74 O.S.1991 §§ 18 and 18b(A)(5); Hendrick, supra note 20 at 1243; Allen v.”
Branch Trucking Co. v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n, 801 P.2d 686 (Okla. 1990). “The Commission argues that a recent Attorney General’s opinion 85-155, May 27, 1986, declaring that member-consumers were not exempt from paying sales tax is binding on a state official until a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction relieves the public official of the…”
State Ex Rel. Cartwright v. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n, 653 P.2d 1230 (Okla. 1982). “Second, the statutory duties “prescribed by law” are found in 74 O.S.1971, § 18, and 74 O.S.1982 Supp., § 18b.”
Sarkeys v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 40, Etc., 592 P.2d 529 (Okla. 1979). “2d 1365 (1962) for case construing statutory language similar to that of 74 O.S.Supp.1978 § 18(b). 9 . A relator is defined in Brown v.”
State Ex Rel. Derryberry v. Kerr-McGee Corp., 516 P.2d 813 (Okla. 1973). “The Attorney General, by statute, 74 O.S.1971 § 18 is the Chief Law Officer of the State.”
Hamrick v. George, 378 P.2d 324 (Okla. 1963). “It is the duty of the Attorney General to give his opinion in writing upon all questions of law submitted to him by the Governor of this state upon matters in which the Governor is officially interested. 74 O.”
Magness v. Pledger, 334 P.2d 792 (Okla. 1959). “Defendants, in support of their position, call attention to 74 O.S.1951 § 18, which states: “The Attorney General shall be the Chief Law Officer of the State.”
State Ex Rel. Pruitt v. Steidley, 2015 OK CR 6 (Okla. Crim. App. 2015). “As Judge Steidley's orders prohibiting the Attorney General from taking and assuming control of the prosecution in these cases, pursuant to its authority under 74 O.S.2011, § 18(b)(A)(3), is unauthorized by law, the Attorney General's applications for extraordinary relief are…”
BNSF Ry. Co. v. City of Edmond Oklahoma (W.D. Okla. 2019). “in which the state may be . . . interested”).”
— Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 18(b) — 1 case
Sarkeys v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 40, Etc., 592 P.2d 529 (Okla. 1979). “2d 1365 (1962) for case construing statutory language similar to that of 74 O.S.Supp.1978 § 18(b). 9 . A relator is defined in Brown v.”
— Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 18(b)(A)(3) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Pruitt v. Steidley, 2015 OK CR 6 (Okla. Crim. App. 2015). “As Judge Steidley's orders prohibiting the Attorney General from taking and assuming control of the prosecution in these cases, pursuant to its authority under 74 O.S.2011, § 18(b)(A)(3), is unauthorized by law, the Attorney General's applications for extraordinary relief are…”
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