The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 3 : Executive
Chapter 007 : Attorney General
Subchapter 001 : ELECTION; AUTHORITY; DUTIES
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 159)-
§ 159. Opinions; State matters and actions
(a) The Attorney General shall advise the elective and appointive State officers on questions of law relating to their official duties and shall furnish a written opinion on such matters, when so requested.
(b) The Attorney General shall have general supervision of matters and actions in favor of the State and of those instituted by or against State officers where interests of the State are involved and may settle such matters and actions as the interests of the State require. (Amended 1967, No. 9, eff. Feb. 23, 1967; 2025, No. 18, § 6, eff. May 13, 2025.)
