Pike County State Attorney

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About Pike County State Attorney in Pittsfield

Pike County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 283 Pittsfield, Illinois, 62363

Phone number for Pike County State Attorney is 217-285-2971.

It ranks  76 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois.

It ranks  1,735 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Pike 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.

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

Pike 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.

Pike 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.