28 USC § 512 - Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s512"
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title: "28 USC § 512 - Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "512"
section_name: "Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613.)"
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# § 512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments

The head of an executive department may require the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the administration of his department.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
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|  | 5 U.S.C. 304. | R.S. § 356. |