# KRS § 15.020: 15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions, draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- When to appear for Commonwealth -- Constitutional challenge may be brought in any county > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.020 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 15.020 - **Heading:** 15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions, draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- When to appear for Commonwealth -- Constitutional challenge may be brought in any county - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.020 ## Text 15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions, draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- When to appear for Commonwealth -- Constitutional challenge may be brought in any county. (1) The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and all of its departments, commissions, agencies, and political subdivisions, and the legal adviser of all state officers, departments, commissions, and agencies, and when requested in writing shall furnish to them his or her written opinion touching any of their official duties, and shall prepare proper drafts of all instruments of writing required for public use, and shall exercise all common law duties and authority pertaining to the office of the Attorney General under the common law, except when modified by statutory enactment. (2) The Attorney General shall communicate with the Legislative Research Commission as required by KRS 418.075. (3) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 48.005 and 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 8, the Attorney General shall appear for the Commonwealth in all cases in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals wherein the Commonwealth is interested, and shall also commence all actions or enter an appearance in all cases, hearings, and proceedings in and before all other courts, tribunals, or commissions in or out of the state, and attend to all litigation and legal business in or out of the state required of the office by law, or in which the Commonwealth has an interest, and any litigation or legal business that any state officer, department, commission, or agency may have in connection with, or growing out of, his, her, or its official duties, except where it is made the duty of the Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney to represent the Commonwealth. When any attorney is employed for any said agency, the same shall have the approval of such agency before such employment. (4) Notwithstanding any other statute or provision to the contrary, the Attorney General may bring any action challenging the constitutionality of a Kentucky statute, executive order, administrative regulation, or order of any cabinet, program cabinet, or department under KRS Chapter 12. The action may be brought in any county where the alleged constitutional harm has occurred or could be reasonably presumed to occur. (5) If any funds of any kind or nature whatsoever are recovered by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, in any action, including an ex rel. action where the Attorney General has entered an appearance or is a party according to statutory or common law authority, those funds shall be handled under KRS 48.005. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 15.010 15.010 Department of Law -- Attorney General as head -- Major organizational units](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.010.md) - [KRS § 15.015 15.015 Practice of law prohibited](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.015.md) - [KRS § 15.020 15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions, draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- When to appear for Commonwealth -- Constitutional challenge may be brought in any county](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.020.md) - [KRS § 15.025 15.025 Conditions to furnishing opinions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.025.md) - [KRS § 15.055 15.055 Publication of list of delinquent child support obligors -- Distribution of "most wanted" posters](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.055.md) - [KRS § 15.060 15.060 Actions to collect and recover money due Commonwealth with assistance of Department of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts, or any other appropriate agency](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.060.md) - [KRS § 15.070 15.070 Index book of cases -- Opinions to be kept on file](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.070.md) - [KRS § 15.080 15.080 Biennial report to Governor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.080.md) - [KRS § 15.090 15.090 Appeals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.090.md) - [KRS § 15.100 15.100 Deputy attorney general, solicitor general, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, special attorneys and contract attorneys](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.100.md) - [KRS § 15.105 15.105 Assistant attorneys general for certain agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.105.md) - [KRS § 15.111 15.111 Office of Administrative Hearings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.111.md) - [KRS § 15.112 15.112 Unit of Election Investigations and Security -- Duties -- Report -- Construction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.112.md) - [KRS § 15.113 15.113 Attorney General may investigate certain illegal or fraudulent activity -- Prevention of identity theft](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.113.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TIII_C15_S15.020. 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