---
type: Body
title: "Department of Justice"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-JUSTICE"
head: "us/executive/justice/attorney-general"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Justice

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Attorney General](/us/executive/justice/attorney-general.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

549 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 1605](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-26/section-1605.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1614](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-26/section-1614.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 1808](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-28/section-1808.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 185](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-5/section-185.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 190m](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-6/section-190m.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 13107](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-131/section-13107.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2303](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-23/section-2303.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2902](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-29/section-2902.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3106](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-31/section-3106.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3401](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-34/section-3401.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 405](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-405.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 413](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-413.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 416](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-416.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 419](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-419.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 424](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-424.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5314](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5314.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5316](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5316.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 552](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-5/section-552.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6372](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6372.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7323](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-73/section-7323.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7531](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-75/section-7531.md)
- …and 524 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)