South Dakota Office of the Attorney GeneralGovernment

The South Dakota Office of the Attorney General is the chief legal and law enforcement agency of the State of South Dakota, headed by the statewide elected South Dakota Attorney General. Its constitutional and statutory mandate is to serve as legal counsel to all state agencies, departments, and officers, prosecute criminal appeals before the South Dakota Supreme Court, enforce consumer protection statutes, and oversee the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the state law enforcement training academy. Established under Article IV of the South Dakota Constitution when South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, Robert Dollard was elected to serve as the state's inaugural attorney general.