---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 512"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "512"
heading: "Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/512"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments


The head of an executive department may require the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the administration of his department.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 304. | R.S. § 356. |