72 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois 1,681 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Fayette County State Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Vandalia.
Name : Fayette County State Attorney
Address : 221 South 7th Street Vandalia, Illinois, 62471
Locality : Vandalia
Phone : 618-283-5040
Fax : 618-283-9302
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Fayette County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 221 South 7th Street Vandalia, Illinois, 62471
Phone number for Fayette County State Attorney is 618-283-5040.
It ranks 72 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois.
It ranks 1,681 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Fayette 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.
Fayette County State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Fayette County State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Fayette 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.
Fayette 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.