About NAAG
Troy King (R )
Alabama Attorney General
Elected: 2004, 2006
500 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7300
http://www.ago.state.al.us/
Alabama Attorney General Troy King has been serving the people of Alabama since 1995. He held top level positions in the administrations of Governor Fob James and Governor Bob Riley, and he was an Assistant Attorney General for four years. He has served as Alabama’s Attorney General since March of 2004, and he was elected to a four year term in November of 2006.
Attorney General King’s approach to his job can best be described as energetic, hands-on, and pro-active. He is a champion of law enforcement, an advocate for victims of crime and a defender of Alabama’s families—particularly those most vulnerable—our children and our elderly.
Immediately after taking office, General King created his Family Protection Unit to serve as a clearinghouse for crime and prevention issues, focusing on child abuse and exploitation, elder abuse and exploitation, consumer protection and welfare fraud.
Attorney General King has worked hard in the legislative arena with great success. He has achieved passage of many important new laws, including the Alabama Open Meetings Law, laws to fight the methamphetamine crisis, the Community Notification Act which increased the punishments for sex offenders and provides for comprehensive and strict monitoring of sex offenders. Attorney General King changed Alabama’s child pornography laws, closing loopholes and opening strong new avenues to prosecute pedophiles. He overhauled identity theft laws to upgrade penalties to felony status. He wrote and passed new laws to protect drug endangered children, making it a felony offense to expose children to the dangerous and toxic environment of illegal drug operations. He succeeded in abolishing the state income tax on survivors benefits paid to families of law enforcement and firefighters. He guided the passage of the Domestication of Warrants legislation, freeing law enforcement from red tape and courthouse waiting rooms and putting them back in action fighting crime. When the Protection of an Unborn Child bill was being threatened in the legislature, Attorney General King helped put it back on track and now, Alabama’s children are protected whether they are in the womb or in the world.
General King has prosecuted illegal gambling, corrupt public officials, and murderers. He is a familiar face at Parole Board hearings where he defends the rights of victims and their families. Among his many honors, appointments, and positions, General King is exceptionally proud of his election to the VOCAL (Victims Of Crime And Leniency) and Salvation Army boards of directors.
General and Mrs. King are the proud parents of 3 young children. They are members at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, where General King teaches 3-year olds Sunday School.
