{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-county-law-500","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. County Law § 500","heading":"County attorney; term","body":"§ 500. County attorney; term. 1. The board of supervisors of each\ncounty shall appoint a resident attorney-at-law as county attorney for\nthe term of office for which the then members of such board were\nelected. In any county having no resident attorney-at-law available, the\nboard of supervisors may employ an attorney-at-law residing in another\ncounty.\n  2. The head of any county legal department created under the\nprovisions of this chapter shall have and exercise all the powers and\nduties of the county attorney.","path":["County Law","Article 11. County Attorney"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CNT/500","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"ea811c5bac81b5243ef8ab86f2cce9b1ef37cc2ecdd3da872efda6beaf63c061","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-county-law-475","next":"us-ny/n.y.-county-law-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}