§ 49:255 — Suits involving title to land of the state or its agencies; federal actions against any registrar of voters or of his assistants or employees

The attorney general shall, upon the request of the governor, represent the state or any political agency or subdivision thereof, in any suit in any court involving the title to any land or real property belonging to the state or any of its political agencies or subdivisions, whether the title to said land or real property is vested in or appears in the name of the state or in the name of any of its political agencies or subdivisions.
The attorney general shall give his advice and aid to any registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters, and/or any employees of a registrar of voters, whose official acts have been or are being inquired into, challenged or disputed before any federal court, federal grand jury, federal board, federal commission or federal official, and he shall represent any registrar of voters, assistant registrar of voters, or employee in any suit or prosecution instituted in a federal court which relates to the official conduct of his office, all without costs or expense to said registrar, deputy registrar and/or employee.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 482, §1.