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
| Title | Date Span | |
|---|---|---|
| Applications for Admission to the Bar | 1902-1920 | |
| Cases, Civil | 1930-1949 | |
| Cases, Criminal and Civil | 1885-1925 | |
| Cases, Criminal and Civil, Docket Sheets (Closed) | 1974-1982 | |
| Correspondence, Admissions to the Bar | 1889-1923 | |
| Correspondence, Appointments | 1889-1908 | |
| Correspondence, Cases, Criminal and Civil | 1885-1925 | |
| Correspondence, Corporations | 1889-1924 | |
| Correspondence, Court Cases | 1888-1924 | |
| Correspondence, Daily Files | 1958-1960 | |
| Correspondence, Executive | 1957-1960, 1967-1986, 1991-1994 | |
| Correspondence, Informal Legal with State Agencies | 1970-1978 | |
| Correspondence, Lands, Islands and Lake Beds | 1889-1924 | |
| Correspondence, Law Enforcement | 1899-1923 | |
| Correspondence, Legislative Liaison | 1975-1977 | |
| Correspondence, Miscellaneous | 1889-1923, 1991-1994 | |
| Correspondence, Requests for Opinions and Advice | 1865-1923 | |
| Correspondence, Subject Files | 1991-1994 | |
| Correspondence, Tax Cases | 1939-1941 | |
| Docket Books | 1962-1987 | |
| Letter Books | 1895-1917 | |
| Miscellaneous | 1910-1923 | |
| Opinions | 1856-1900, 1973-1990 | |
| Press Releases, Consumer Protection | 1974-1978 | |
| Reapportionment Cases | 1972 | |
| Reapportionment Files | 1960s | |
| Register of Court Cases | 1972 | |
| Reports | 1911-1923 | |
| Supreme Court Dockets | 1904-1913 |