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MS Code § 7-5-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-39. To represent the state and state officers in suits; notice of civil legal action; retention of outside counsel under certain circumstances

  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Attorney General shall represent the state, in person or by his assistant, as counsel in all suits against the state in other courts or the Supreme Court at the seat of government, and he shall, in like manner, act as counsel for any of the state officers in suits brought by or against them in their official capacity, touching any official duty or trust.   No civil legal action on behalf of the state, any arm or agency of the state, or any statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity may be taken until seven (7) working days' written notice of the proposed legal action is given to the statewide elected officer or proper person in charge of the arm or agency unless irreparable injury to the state would result by waiting for the expiration of the seven-day period.     The Attorney General shall authorize retention of independent counsel from outside his office by an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity if the Attorney General declines representation when requested.     The Attorney General shall authorize retention of independent counsel from outside his office by an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity and shall withdraw from representation of the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer if there is a significant disagreement with the Attorney General as to the legal strategy to be used in the matter, and the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission has first approved the retention of outside counsel.   If an arm or agency of the state or statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity retains outside counsel under this subsection (3), the counsel shall be selected by the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer. Fees of counsel employed on a fee basis shall not exceed recognized bar rates for similar services; any contract for outside counsel employed on a contingency fee basis shall conform to the provisions of Section 7-5-8.       The Attorney General may pursue the collection of any claim or judgment in favor of the state outside of the state.
MS Code § 7-5-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-41. To receive certified copies of pleadings

 In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board, bureau, commission, or department thereof required to be defended by the attorney general, a completed copy of the bill of complaint, declaration, or other original pleading shall be mailed by the plaintiff or complainant to the attorney general, postage prepaid, properly addressed to him; and such original pleading shall bear a proper certificate to such effect when it is filed. No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.
MS Code § 7-5-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-43. May advise public officials and employees investigated or sued as result of discharging duties

  In addition to all power and authority vested in the attorney general of the state of Mississippi by its constitution and statutes and all common law power and authority which may be invested in or exercised by such attorney general as such, the attorney general of the state of Mississippi and his assistants and representatives are hereby authorized upon request made of him to, in his discretion, render such services as the attorney general may deem necessary to assist in advising and in representing, either or both, all officers or employees of any county district, county, or municipality of the state of Mississippi, or of the state of Mississippi, or of any board, agency, or commission thereof, as the case may be, or any circuit clerk or county registrar, should they or any of them be investigated or called as a witness by the federal civil rights commission, be sued in an action at law or in equity, be prosecuted or cited to show cause or charged with contempt, civil or criminal, or proceeded against in any manner, either or all, in any state or federal court by the United States government, by any agency, officer, department, or representative of the United States government, or by any other person, either or all, as a result of the discharge by any of said Mississippi county district, county, municipal, or state of Mississippi officers or employees, boards, agencies, or commissions and the members thereof, or by the said circuit clerk or county registrar of their official duties under the constitution and other laws of the state of Mississippi, or growing out of such official action or nonaction, as the case may be.  The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above set out shall not apply to or with respect to any suit, action, hearing, or controversy which may arise between two (2) or more of the aforesaid officers or employees, circuit clerks or county registrars, such commissions, boards, or agencies or members thereof, or said county districts, counties, or municipalities of the state of Mississippi, or between them or by any of them and an agency or officer of the state of Mississippi which, under existing laws of the state of Mississippi, the attorney general is otherwise authorized or required to represent.    Any request made of the attorney general for the assistance above referred to shall be made in writing and, if by an individual, shall be signed by him or her. If by a board or commission or agency as such, there shall be entered upon its minutes an order making such request, and the request from and on behalf of said board, commission, or agency to the attorney general for said assistance shall be accompanied by a certified copy of said order.
MS Code § 7-5-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-45. May advise school officials and employees in proceedings challenging validity of statute

  In addition to all power and authority vested in the attorney general of the state of Mississippi by its constitution and statutes and all common law power and authority which may be vested in or exercised by such attorney general as such, the attorney general of the state of Mississippi and his assistants and representatives are hereby authorized upon request made of him to, in his discretion, render such services as the attorney general may deem necessary to assist in advising and in representing, either or both, any officer or employee of any school district, any agricultural high school and junior college, or any institution of higher learning, the respective boards of trustees thereof, the members of said boards of trustees, any school district, junior college district, institution of higher learning, and any state officer, should they or any of them be sued, prosecuted, or proceeded against in any manner in any action in any state or federal court which, or the ultimate purpose of which, challenges or seeks to invalidate any statute or provision of the constitution of the state of Mississippi dealing with the establishment, maintenance, operation, control, financing, or determining what persons or pupils shall attend or be enrolled in any or all of said schools or colleges or institutions of higher learning, as violative of the constitution and laws of the United States of America or the state of Mississippi, or should such officers, employees, and members of such boards of trustees be investigated or called as a witness by the federal civil rights commission, cited to show cause, or charged with contempt, civil or criminal, by any officer, agent, department, or court of the United States government.  The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above set out shall not apply to or with respect to any suit, action, hearing, or controversy which may arise between two (2) or more of the aforesaid officers or employees, boards or members thereof, school districts, colleges or institutions of higher learning, or between them or any of them and an agency or officer of the state of Mississippi which, under existing laws of the state of Mississippi, the attorney general is otherwise authorized or required to represent.    Any request made of the attorney general for the assistance above referred to shall be made in writing and, if by an individual, shall be signed by him or her. If by a board as such, there shall be entered upon the minutes of such board an order making such request, and the request from or on behalf of said board to the attorney general for said assistance shall be accompanied by a certified copy of said order.
MS Code § 7-5-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-47. Suits on bonds of state officers

 The attorney general or his assistant, when required by the governor, shall institute suits for the benefit of the state on the bond of any state officer in any case in which said officer has been guilty of any neglect or violation of his official duties.
MS Code § 7-5-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-49. To advise public service commission

 It shall be the duty of the attorney general to appear in person, or to designate one of his assistants to appear at each meeting of the public service commission and to assist and advise the said public service commission in all matters affecting its power and duties relative to the supervision of common carriers in this state.
MS Code § 7-5-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-51. To represent state tax and public service commissions

 The attorney general, as well as the several district attorneys, is hereby authorized to institute or defend any suits arising out of any act or order of the tax commission or the public service commission affecting the laws and revenues of the state.
MS Code § 7-5-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-53. To assist district attorneys

 The Attorney General shall, when required by the public service or when directed by the Governor, in writing, repair in person, or by any regular or specially designated assistant, to any county or district in the state and assist the district attorney there in the discharge of his duties and in any prosecution against a state officer, and shall have the same right as the district attorney to enter the grand jury room while the grand jury is in session and to perform such services with reference to the work of the grand jury as the district attorney is authorized by law to perform.
MS Code § 7-5-54 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-54. Prosecution of official corruption and other white collar crimes

  In addition to the authority granted in Section 7-5-53, Mississippi Code of 1972, the Attorney General shall prosecute, in person or by his designated staff attorney, criminal matters and cases investigated by him pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-5-59 and he may request the services or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits. When requested by a district attorney and in the public interest, the Attorney General may, in person or by his designated staff attorney, assist the district attorney in the discharge of his duties. The Attorney General or his designated staff attorney shall have the same right as the district attorney to enter the grand jury room while the grand jury is in session and to perform such services with reference to the work of the grand jury as the district attorney is authorized by law to perform.   The powers of the Attorney General under this section shall not diminish the powers of local authorities to investigate or prosecute any type of white-collar crime violation or any other criminal conduct within their respective jurisdictions, and the provisions of this section shall be in addition to the powers and authority previously granted the Attorney General by common, constitutional, statutory or case law.
MS Code § 7-5-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-55. To recover taxes

 The attorney general, or any district attorney or county attorney at his request, may bring and prosecute any action in the name of the state to recover the amount of any past due income, inheritance, and privilege taxes and penalties thereon, but any such action shall be brought in the county or district where the taxpayer resides. In case of a nonresident or foreign corporation, the action may be brought in any county where said nonresident or foreign corporation may now be sued in other cases.
MS Code § 7-5-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-57. To draw papers

 Whenever requested by the governor or other state officer, the attorney general shall prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms, or other writings which may be wanted for the use of the state.
MS Code § 7-5-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-61. Books of account and deposit of funds; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

  In addition to the keeping of the general docket as hereinabove required, the Attorney General shall keep in his office a comprehensive set of books showing all receipts and disbursement of funds received by the office from whatever source, including appropriations by the Legislature, the contingent fund, and other funds. He shall deposit all funds received by his office in a state depository in his name as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, shall not commingle or mix any funds received by him in his official capacity with his personal funds or other funds, and shall make disbursement and distribution thereof within the time and in the manner required by law of state officers. The receipt of funds by the Attorney General pending litigation or final determination as to the proper distribution thereof may be held until such adjudication or determination.   From and after July 1, 2016, the Office of the Attorney General shall not charge another state agency a fee, assessment, or other charge for services or resources received by that agency from the Attorney General.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Office of the Attorney General shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.
MS Code § 7-5-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-63. Reports to the legislature

 The attorney general shall make reports at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, of the condition of the public service as administered in his office and under his supervision; and he shall, as a part of his reports, make any recommendation that he may deem proper for the improvement of the service. Not later than the first week of each regular session, he shall file a complete report with the legislature of all moneys received and disbursed by him during the year.
MS Code § 7-5-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-65. Saving statute

 Nothing in this chapter contained shall repeal any of the provisions of chapter 235, laws 1920, in reference to making claim for and recovery of taxes illegally collected by the U.S. government on property in this state.
MS Code § 7-5-66 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-66. Prepayment of costs in civil actions for recovery of delinquent sums owed to Mississippi Guaranteed Student Loan Program

 The Attorney General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, and on a case by case basis, to prepay all such court costs and filing fees, as are otherwise required of private litigants, when commencing and prosecuting civil actions for the collection and recovery of delinquent sums owed to the Mississippi Guarantee Student Loan Program.
MS Code § 7-5-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|In General|§ 7-5-67. Investigators of Public Integrity Division empowered to make arrests, serve and execute search warrants, and serve process

 Persons employed by the Attorney General as investigators in the Public Integrity Division whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this state shall be empowered to make arrests and to serve and execute search warrants and other valid legal process anywhere within the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 7-5-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau|§ 7-5-301. Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; creation; purpose

 There is created within the Office of the Attorney General an Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau. The duty of the bureau is to investigate and prosecute claims of insurance abuses and crimes involving insurance. The Attorney General may employ the necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311.
MS Code § 7-5-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau|§ 7-5-303. Definitions; prohibited activities

  As used in this section:   "An insurance plan" means a plan or program that provides health benefits whether directly through insurance or otherwise and includes a policy of life or property and casualty insurance, a contract of a service benefit organization, workers' compensation insurance or any program or plan implemented in accordance with state law or a membership agreement with a health maintenance organization or other prepaid programs.   "Insurance official" means:   An administrator, officer, trustee, fiduciary, custodian, counsel, agent or employee of any insurance plan;   An officer, counsel, agency or employee of an organization, corporation, partnership, limited partnership or other entity that provides, proposes to, or contracts to provide services through any insurance plan; or   An official, employee or agent of a state or federal agency having regulatory or administrative authority over any insurance plan.       A person or entity shall not, with the intent to appropriate to himself or to another any benefit, knowingly execute, collude or conspire to execute or attempt to execute a scheme or artifice:   To defraud any insurance plan in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, insurance benefits, items, services or claims; or   To obtain by means of false or fraudulent pretense, representation, statement or promise money, or anything of value, in connection with the delivery of or payment for insurance claims under any plan or program or state law, items or services which are in whole or in part paid for, reimbursed, subsidized by, or are a required benefit of, an insurance plan or an insurance company or any other provider.     A person or entity shall not directly or indirectly give, offer or promise anything of value to an insurance official, or offer or promise an insurance official to give anything of value to another person, with intent to influence such official's decision in carrying out any of his duties or laws or regulations.   Except as otherwise allowed by law, a person or entity shall not knowingly pay, offer, deliver, receive, solicit or accept any remuneration, as an inducement for referring or for refraining from referring a patient, client, customer or service in connection with an insurance plan.   A person or entity shall not, in any matter related to any insurance plan, knowingly and willfully falsify, conceal or omit by any trick, scheme, artifice or device a material fact, make any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation or make or use any false writing or document, knowing or having reason to know that the writing or document contains any false or fraudulent statement or entry in connection with the provision of insurance programs.   A person or entity shall not fraudulently deny the payment of an insurance claim.
MS Code § 7-5-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau|§ 7-5-309. Violations; offenses; penalties; assessment of costs

  A person who violates any provision of Section 7-5-303 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or both. Sentences imposed for convictions of separate offenses under this section may run consecutively.   If the defendant found to have violated any provisions of Section 7-5-303 is an organization, then it shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for each violation. "Organization" for purposes of this subsection means a person other than an individual. The term includes corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, unions, trusts, pension funds, unincorporated organizations, governments and political subdivisions thereof and nonprofit organizations.   In a proceeding for violations under Section 7-5-303, the court, in addition to the criminal penalties imposed under this section, shall assess against the defendant convicted of such violation double those reasonable costs that are expended by the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau of the Office of Attorney General or the district attorney's office in the investigation of such case, including, but not limited to, the cost of investigators, process service, court reporters, expert witnesses and attorney's fees. A monetary penalty assessed and levied under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State General Fund, and the Attorney General may institute and maintain proceedings in his name for enforcement of payment in the circuit court of the county of residence of the defendant and, if the defendant is a nonresident, such proceedings shall be in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi.