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About State Attorney in Cross City

State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 214 Main Street Cross City, Florida, 32628

Phone number for State Attorney is 352-498-1248.

It ranks  52 of 70 District Attorney Offices in Florida.

It ranks  1,083 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a State Attorney are typically imposed by law. This includes taking on behalf of the State at all trials related to violations that took place within the district attorney's geographic jurisdiction.

State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.

State Attorney often also have obligations that aren't connected with criminal prosecution. This includes protecting the county from civil lawsuits sometimes, and even initiating actions for the county, as well as preparing and review contracts that are signed by the county, and offering legal advice and guidance to local authorities. In certain jurisdictions the county attorney may not have any involvement in criminal cases in any way, and serves only as the attorney of the county.

State Attorney are assigned to specialized units created to tackle corruption in the public sector as well as organized crime, violence in the family and hate crimes, elderly abuse, fraud on consumers and other serious crimes.