An action may be brought by the attorney general upon the attorney general's own information or upon complaint of a private party against (1) a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office, civil or military, or a franchise, or an office in a corporation, either public or private; (2) a public officer who has acted to forfeit the office; or (3) any number of persons acting as a corporation without being incorporated.