The Public Attorney is the person who represents the state's authorities in the courts and administrative bodies, and advises the government in civil law matters.
The other part of that special competence refers to situations in which The Public Attorney's Office acts not as a legal representative of the Republic of Serbia, but as an independent party in a procedure.
Some of these special competences are determined by the following regulations: The Public Attorney's Office also actively participates in most complex procedures in front of the arbitration councils of the International Chamber of Commerce, in the cases that the Republic of Serbia is the party.
If a delivery is not carried out directly to the Public Attorney's Office, that means that the Public Attorney's Office is prevented to act as equal party in the procedure, which represents the essential violation of civil procedure provisions (Article 374. paragraph 2 .
The Public Attorney's Office has a right to claim court costs which are calculated by the same Tariff used by the Bar Association.
However, the awarded costs are transferred not to the Public Attorney's Office, but to the State budget (Article 15. of the LoPAO).
Within the Secretariat, duties of interest for the entire Public Attorney's Office are being performed (normative, administrative, financial), and the coordination between the headquarters and the departments is being realized.