Hancock County State Attorney

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  61 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois
  1,418 in District Attorney Offices

Hancock County State Attorney Contact Informations

Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Hancock County State Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Carthage.

Name : Hancock County State Attorney

Address : PO Box 420 Carthage, Illinois, 62321

Locality : Carthage

Phone :

Fax : 217-357-3682

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About Hancock County State Attorney in Carthage

Hancock County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 420 Carthage, Illinois, 62321

Phone number for Hancock County State Attorney is .

It ranks  61 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois.

It ranks  1,418 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Hancock 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.

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

Hancock 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.

Hancock 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.

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