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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Pope County State Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Golconda.
Name : Pope County State Attorney
Address : PO Box 689 Golconda, Illinois, 62938
Locality : Golconda
Phone : 618-683-2221
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Pope County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 689 Golconda, Illinois, 62938
Phone number for Pope County State Attorney is 618-683-2221.
It ranks 48 of 102 District Attorney Offices in Illinois.
It ranks 1,231 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Pope 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.
Pope County State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Pope County State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Pope 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.
Pope 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.