About State Attorney General
About this position
- Office level
- State
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Typical salary
- $167,838/year
- Commitment level
- Full Time
- Affiliation
- Partisan
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for State Attorney General
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General except a citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of 30 years, and have been seven years next preceding his election an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this Commonwealth. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General except a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Filing fee is $200; signature requirement of 1,000.
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Department of State's office.
- Where to file
- 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
- Filing phone
- 717-787-5280
- Step 3
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