Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73
§517 Interests of United States in pending suits
Title 28 › Part PART II— - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL › § 517
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The Attorney General (AG) may send the Solicitor General or any DOJ officer anywhere in the U.S. to represent U.S. interests in federal or state courts or elsewhere.
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Title 28, §517
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The Solicitor General, or any officer of the Department of Justice, may be sent by the Attorney General to any State or district in the United States to attend to the interests of the United States in a suit pending in a court of the United States, or in a court of a State, or to attend to any other interest of the United States.
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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 316.R.S. § 367.
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28 U.S.C. § 517
Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73