---
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"
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](/usc/28/451.md) may require the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the administration of his [department](/usc/28/451.md).


## 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. |