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List of State Attorney Generals of the United States

If you've ever tried to resolve a dispute with a car dealer but have gotten nowhere, or if you want to submit a complaint regarding a vehicle services issue, you should contact your state's Attorney General office.

Most dealers will want to prevent you from submitting a complaint, so make sure you first give them a chance to fix the issue - in many cases, the threat of contacting your state's Attorney General office will get them to act promptly.

Alabama	Troy King Attorney General of Alabama Office of the Attorney General State House 11 South Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130 http://www.ago.state.al.us/	Phone: (334) 242-7300 Fax: (334) 242-4891
Alaska	Gregg Renkes Attorney General of Alaska Office of the Attorney General Post Office Box 110300 Diamond Courthouse Juneau, AK 99811-0300 http://www.law.state.ak.us	Phone: (907) 465-3600 Fax: (907) 465-2075
Arizona	Terry Goddard Attorney General of Arizona 1275 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 http://www.attorneygeneral.state.az.us	Phone: (602) 542-4266 Fax: (602) 542-4085
Arkansas	Mike Beebe Attorney General of Arkansas Office of the Attorney General 200 Tower Building 323 Center Street Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 http://www.ag.state.ar.us	Phone: (800) 482-8982 Fax: (501) 682-8084
California	Kamala D. Harris Attorney General of California Office of the Attorney General 1300 I Street Suite 1740 Sacramento, CA 95814 http://caag.state.ca.us	Phone: (916) 445-9555 Fax: (916) 324-6734
Colorado	John Suthers Attorney General of Colorado Office of the Attorney General Department of Law 1525 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 http://www.ago.state.co.us	Phone: (303) 866-4500 Fax: (303) 866-3955
Connecticut	Richard Blumenthal Attorney General of Connecticut Office of the Attorney General 55 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06141-0120 http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/	Phone: (860) 808-5318 Fax: (860) 808-5387
Delaware	M. Jane Brady Attorney General of Delaware Office of the Attorney General Carvel State Office Building 820 North French Street Wilmington, DE 19801 http://www.state.de.us/attgen/	Phone: (302) 577-8400 Fax: (302) 577-2610
District of Columbia	Robert J. Spagnoletti District of Columbia Corporation Counsel Office of the Corporation Counsel 441 4th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 http://occ.dc.gov	Phone: (202) 724-1305 Fax: (202) 347-9822
Florida	Charlie Crist The Capital PL 01 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 http://myfloridalegal.com	Phone: (850) 487-1963 Fax: (850) 410-1630
Georgia	Thurbert E. Baker Attorney General of Georgia Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30334-1300 http://ganet.org/ago	Phone: (404) 656-4585 Fax: (404) 657-8733
Guam	Douglas Moylan Acting Attorney General of Guam Office of the Attorney General Judicial Center Building Ste. 2-200E 120 W. O'Brien Dr. Hagatna, GU 96910 http://www.guamattorneygeneral.com	Phone: (671) 475-3409 Fax: (671) 472-2493
Hawaii	HonorableMark J. Bennett Attorney General of Hawaii Office of the Attorney General 425 Queen Street Honolulu, HI 96813 http://www.state.hi.us/ag	Phone: (808) 586-1500 Fax: (808) 586-1239
Idaho	Lawrence Wasden Attorney General of Idaho Office of the Attorney General Statehouse P.O. Box 83720-96813 Boise, ID 83720-0010 http://www2.state.id.us/ag/	Phone: (208) 334-2400 Fax: (208) 334-2530
Illinois	Lisa Madigan Attorney General of Illinois Office of the Attorney General James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601 http://www.ag.state.il.us	Phone: (312) 814-2503 Fax: (312) 814-2549
Indiana	Steve Carter Attorney General of Indiana Office of the Attorney General Indiana Government Center South Fifth Floor 302 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/	Phone: (317) 232-6201 Fax: (317) 232-7979
Iowa	Tom Miller Attorney General of Iowa Office of the Attorney General Hoover State Office Building 1305 E. Walnut Des Moines, IA 50319 http://www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.org	Phone: (515) 281-3053 Fax: (515) 281-4209
Kansas	Phill Kline Attorney General of Kansas Office of the Attorney General Judicial Building 120 South West Tenth Street, 2nd Fl. Topeka, KS 66612-1597 http://www.accesskansas.org/ksag/	Phone: (913) 296-2215 Fax: (913) 296-6296
Kentucky	Gregory P. Stumbo Attorney General of Kentucky Office of the Attorney General State Capitol, Room 118 Frankfort, KY 40601 http://ag.ky.gov	Phone: (502)696-5300 Fax: (502) 564-8310
Louisiana	Charles C. Foti, Jr. Attorney General of Louisiana Office of the Attorney General Department of Justice Post Office Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4095 http://www.ag.state.la.us/	Phone: (504) 342-7013 Fax: (504) 342-8703
Maine	G.Steven Rowe Attorney General of Maine Office of the Attorney General State House Station Six Augusta, ME 04333 http://www.state.me.us/ag	Phone: (207) 626-8800 Fax: (207) 287-3145
Maryland	J. Joseph Curran Jr. Attorney General of Maryland Office of the Attorney General 200 Saint Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202-2202 http://www.oag.state.md.us	Phone: (410) 576-6300 Fax: (410) 333-8298
Massachusetts	Tom Reilly Attorney General of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108-1698 http://www.ago.state.ma.us	Phone: (617) 727-2200 Fax: (617) 727-3251
Michigan	Mike Cox Attorney General of Michigan Office of the Attorney General Post Office Box 30212 525 West Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48909-0212 http://www.ag.state.mi.us	Phone: (517) 373-1110 Fax: (517) 373-3042
Minnesota:	Mike Hatch Attorney General of Minnesota State Capitol Ste. 102 St. Paul, Mn 55155 http://www.ag.state.mn.us	Phone: (651) 296-3353 Fax: (651) 296-9663
Mississippi	Jim Hood Attorney General of Mississippi Dep. of Justice P.O. Box 220 Jackson, MS 39505-0220 http://www.ago.state.ms.us	Phone: 601) 359-3680 Fax: (601)359-3441
Missouri	Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon Attorney General of Missouri Office of the Attorney General Supreme Court Building 207 West High Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 http://www.ago.state.mo.us	Phone: (573) 751-3321 Fax: (573) 751-0774
Montana	Mike McGrath Attorney General of Montana Office of the Attorney General Justice Building, 215 North Sanders Helena, MT 59620-1401 http://doj.state.mt.us	Phone: (406) 444-2026 Fax: (406) 444-3549
Nebraska	Jon Bruning Attorney General of Nebraska Office of the Attorney General 2115 State Capitol Post Office Box 98920 Lincoln, NE 68509-8920 http://www.ago.state.ne.us	Phone: (402) 471-2682 Fax: (402) 471-3820
Nevada	Brian Sandoval Attorney General of Nevada Office of the Attorney General Old Supreme Court Building 100 North Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 http://ag.state.nv.us	Phone: (775) 684-1100 Fax: (775 684-1108
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte Attorney General of New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General State House Annex 25 Capital Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 http://www.state.nh.us/nhdoj	Phone: (603) 271-7680 Fax: (603) 271-2110
New Jersey	Peter C. Harvey Attorney General of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex 25 Market Street CN 080 Trenton, NJ 08625 http://www.state.nj.us/lps/	Phone: (609) 292-4925 Fax: (609) 292-3508
New Mexico	Patricia A. Madrid Attorney General of New Mexico Office of the Attorney General Post Office Drawer 1508 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508 http://www.ago.state.nm.us	Phone: (505) 827-6000 F AX: (505) 827-5826
New York	Eliot Spitzer Attorney General of New York Office of the Attorney General Department of Law - The Capitol 2nd Floor Albany, NY 12224 http://www.oag.state.ny.us	Phone: (518) 474-7330 Fax: (518) 473-9909
North Carolina	Roy Cooper Attorney General of North Carolina Office of the Attorney General Department of Justice Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602-0629 http://www.ncdoj.com/	Phone: (919) 716-6400 Fax: (919) 716-6750
North Dakota	Wayne Stenehjem Attorney General of North Dakota Office of the Attorney General State Capitol 600 East Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505-0040 http://www.ag.state.nd.us	Phone: (701) 328-2210 Fax: (701) 328-2226
N. Mariana Islands	Pamela Brown Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands 2nd Floor Juan A. Sablan Memorial Building Capital Hill Saipan, MP 96950	Phone: (670) 664-2341 Fax: (670) 664-2349
Ohio	Jim Petro Attorney General of Ohio Office of the Attorney General State Office Tower 30 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0410 http://www.ag.state.oh.us	Phone: (614) 466-4320 Fax: (614) 466-5087
Oklahoma	W.A. Drew Edmondson Attorney General of Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General State Capitol, Room 112 2300 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105 http://www.oag.state.ok.us	Phone: (405) 521-3921 Fax: (405) 521-6246
Oregon	Hardy Myers Attorney General of Oregon Office of the Attorney General Justice Building 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97310 http://www.doj.state.or.us	Phone: (503) 378-6002 Fax: (503) 378-4017
Pennsylvania	Tom Corbett Attorney General of Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General 1600 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 http://www.attorneygeneral.gov	Phone: (717) 787-3391 Fax: (717) 783-1107
Puerto Rico	Roberto J. Sanchez-Ramos Attorney General of Puerto Rico Office of the Attorney General GPO Box 902192 San Juan, PR 00902-0192 http://www.justicia.gobierno.pr	Phone: (787) 721-7700 Fax: (787) 724-4770
Rhode Island	Patrick Lynch Attorney General of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General 150 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903 http://www.riag.state.ri.us	Phone: (401) 274-4400 Fax: (401) 222-1302
South Carolina	Henry McMaster Attorney General of South Carolina Office of the Attorney General Rembert C. Dennis Office Building Post Office Box 11549 Columbia, SC 29211-1549 http://www.scattorneygeneral.org	Phone: (803) 734-4399 Fax: (803) 253-6283
South Dakota	Larry Long Attorney General of South Dakota Office of the Attorney General 500 East Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-5070 http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/attorney.html	Phone: (605) 773-3215 Fax: (605) 773-4106
Tennessee	Paul G. Summers Attorney General of Tennessee Office of the Attorney General 500 Charlotte Avenue Nashville, TN 37243 http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us	Phone: (615) 741-5860 Fax: (615) 741-2009
Texas	Greg Abbott Attorney General of Texas Capitol Station P.O. Box 12548 Austin , TX 78711-2548 http://www.oag.state.tx.us	Phone: (512) 463-2100 Fax: (512) 463-2063
Utah	Mark Shurtleff Attorney General of Utah Office of the Attorney General PO Box 142320 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov	Phone: (801) 538-9600 Fax: (801) 538-1121
Vermont	William H. Sorrell Attorney General of Vermont Office of the Attorney General 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609-1001 http://www.state.vt.us/atg	Phone: (802) 828-3171 Fax: (802) 828-3187
Virginia	Judith W. Jagdmann Attorney General of Virginia Office of the Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 http://www.oag.state.va.us	Phone: (804) 786-2071 Fax: (804) 371-0200
Virgin Islands	Alva Swan Attorney General of the Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General Department of Justice G.E.R.S. Complex 48B-50C Kronprinsdens Gade St. Thomas, VI 00802	Phone: (340) 774-5666 Fax: (340) 774-9710
Washington	Darrell V. McGraw Jr. Attorney General of Washington Office of the Attorney General 900 Fourth Street Suite 2000 Olympia, WA 98504-0100 http://www.atg.wa.gov	Phone: (360) 753-6200 Fax: (360) 664-0228
West Virginia	Darrell V. McGraw Jr. Attorney General of West Virginia Office of the Attorney General State Capitol 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, WV 25305 http://www.wvs.state.wv.us/wvag	Phone: (304) 558-2021 Fax: (304) 558-0140
Wisconsin	Peg Lautenschlager Attorney General of Wisconsin Office of the Attorney General State Capitol Post Office Box 7857 Suite 114 East Madison, WI 53707-7857 http://www.doj.state.wi.us	Phone: (608) 266-1221 Fax: (608) 267-2779
Wyoming	Pat Crank Attorney General of Wyoming Office of the Attorney General 123 State Capitol Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us	Phone: (307) 777-7841 Fax: (307) 777-6869

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