RG 008 Attorney General

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State Archives

Although Iowa had an Attorney of the Territory appointed by the president in 1838; the State Constitution of 1846 did not provide for an Attorney General. The Office was established in January 1853. The earliest surviving records from the Attorney General in the Archives date from the 1860s. The following is a partial list of the records in our holdings. A complete list of the record series is available at the Research Center in Des Moines.

Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog

General

General
TitleDate Span 
Applications for Admission to the Bar1902-1920 
Cases, Civil1930-1949 
Cases, Criminal and Civil1885-1925 
Cases, Criminal and Civil, Docket Sheets (Closed)1974-1982 
Correspondence, Admissions to the Bar1889-1923 
Correspondence, Appointments1889-1908 
Correspondence, Cases, Criminal and Civil1885-1925 
Correspondence, Corporations1889-1924 
Correspondence, Court Cases1888-1924 
Correspondence, Daily Files1958-1960 
Correspondence, Executive1957-1960, 1967-1986, 1991-1994 
Correspondence, Informal Legal with State Agencies1970-1978 
Correspondence, Lands, Islands and Lake Beds1889-1924 
Correspondence, Law Enforcement1899-1923 
Correspondence, Legislative Liaison1975-1977 
Correspondence, Miscellaneous1889-1923, 1991-1994 
Correspondence, Requests for Opinions and Advice1865-1923 
Correspondence, Subject Files1991-1994 
Correspondence, Tax Cases1939-1941 
Docket Books1962-1987 
Letter Books1895-1917 
Miscellaneous1910-1923 
Opinions1856-1900, 1973-1990 
Press Releases, Consumer Protection1974-1978 
Reapportionment Cases1972 
Reapportionment Files1960s 
Register of Court Cases1972 
Reports1911-1923 
Supreme Court Dockets1904-1913