Palm Beach County State Attorney

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About Palm Beach County State Attorney in West Palm Beach

Palm Beach County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 401 North Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401

Phone number for Palm Beach County State Attorney is 561-355-7100.

It ranks  2 of 2 District Attorney Offices in West Palm Beach.

It ranks  5 of 5 District Attorney Offices in Palm Beach County.

The main duties of a Palm Beach County 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.

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

Palm Beach County 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.

Palm Beach 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.