The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor or other state officer, in person or by his assistant, prosecute suit on any official bond, or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with either of the state offices. He may require the service or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 7 - Executive Department
§ 7-5-1. Qualifications, election, and duties
§ 7-5-3. Deputy attorney general
§ 7-5-13. Additional assistants to handle legal affairs of Highway Commission
§ 7-5-19. Office space, supplies, and equipment
§ 7-5-23. To keep an opinion-book
§ 7-5-25. To give opinions in writing
§ 7-5-27. To approve accounts against the state
§ 7-5-29. To attend the Supreme Court
§ 7-5-31. Failure to attend Supreme Court
§ 7-5-33. To enforce judgments and pay over collections
§ 7-5-35. May institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances
§ 7-5-41. To receive certified copies of pleadings
§ 7-5-45. May advise school officials and employees in proceedings challenging validity of statute
§ 7-5-47. Suits on bonds of state officers
§ 7-5-49. To advise public service commission
§ 7-5-51. To represent state tax and public service commissions
§ 7-5-53. To assist district attorneys
§ 7-5-59. Investigation of official corruption, other white collar crimes, and computer crimes