• Criminal Complaints and Prosecutions
  
• Legal Representation
  
• Complaints Concerning Law Enforcement Officials or Judges
  
• Concealed Weapons Permits
  
• Criminal History Expungement
  
• Financial Crimes/Money Laundering Task Force
  

• crimes where the state is a victim;
  
• political corruption and police corruption;
  
• cases of statewide significance where the prosecutor has rejected the case or asked for assistance
  
• cases where the prosecutor has been disqualified
  
• Organized crime, racketeering and money laundering
  
  

Legal Representation

The Attorney General is responsible for representing various state agencies and officials. There is no law which authorizes the Attorney General to provide legal services to private individuals or to appear in court on their behalf unless the issue presented is of significance to the legal interests of the state. Therefore, if you are charged with a crime, the Attorney General cannot intervene in your ongoing case. You must rely upon your own attorney to give advice and guide your case strategy.

If you believe that your own attorney has inadequately represented you or otherwise behaved unethically, contact the Attorney Grievance Commission at (313) 961-6585. The Attorney General has no authority to discipline attorneys.

Complaints Concerning Law Enforcement Officials or Judges

The Attorney General does NOT have supervisory control over police agencies. We can only review complaints which allege actual criminal activity by police officers (examples: taking a bribe, theft, obstruction of justice, etc.).

Complaints about the activities of prosecutors are reviewed using an "abuse of discretion" standard. If the prosecutor is found to have acted within his legal authority and sound discretion, this office will take no action, even if it is agreed that we might have done things differently.

If you are dissatisfied with a judge's ruling in a case, you must appeal to a higher court. If you believe a judge misbehaved in a case, you need to contact the Judicial Tenure Commission at (313) 875-5110.
 

Concealed Weapons Permits

Michigan residents may NOT use permits issued to them by other states to justify carrying concealed weapons in Michigan. Questions concerning concealed weapons permits should be referred to the County Gun Board.
 

Criminal History Expungement

If you want your criminal history expunged, you do not qualify if you have more than one conviction, of ANY kind, in your lifetime or if it is less than 5 years since your conviction (or you were released from custody -- whichever is later). Forms for this process are available at the court where you were convicted.
 

Financial Crimes-Money Laundering Task Force
 
The mission of the Financial Crimes/Money Laundering Task Force is to investigate and prosecute sophisticated financial crimes and to provide much needed assistance to local law enforcement agencies pursuing such cases. The Task Force, consisting of specially trained investigators and prosecutors, will serve as an adjunct to the state's multi-jurisdictional narcotics teams, identifying and pursuing illegal proceeds and prosecuting the financial benefactors of such activities.

In addition, asset forfeiture is an underutilized component of law enforcement's response to illegal drug activity. To be truly effective in dismantling drug organizations, law enforcement must better utilize asset forfeiture to strip organizations of their assets. The project is a technical assistance service designed to inform, train, equip, and motivate county prosecuting attorneys' offices to join in partnership with local law enforcement to use asset forfeiture effectively in the war against drugs and other crimes. Components of this service include training, publications, and technical assistance, as well as litigating forfeiture cases.