53 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois 1,295 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Effingham County State Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Effingham.
Name : Effingham County State Attorney
Address : 120 West Jefferson Avenue Effingham, Illinois, 62401
Locality : Effingham
Phone : 217-347-7741
Fax : 217-342-6308
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Effingham County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 120 West Jefferson Avenue Effingham, Illinois, 62401
Phone number for Effingham County State Attorney is 217-347-7741.
It ranks 53 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois.
It ranks 1,295 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Effingham 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.
Effingham County State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Effingham County State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Effingham 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.
Effingham 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.