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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Pocahontas County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Laurens.
Name : Pocahontas County District Attorney
Address : PO Box 96 Laurens, Iowa, 50554
Locality : Laurens
Phone : 712-841-4546
Fax : 712-841-7170
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Pocahontas County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 96 Laurens, Iowa, 50554
Phone number for Pocahontas County District Attorney is 712-841-4546.
It ranks 72 of 100 District Attorney Offices in Iowa.
It ranks 2,414 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Pocahontas County District 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.
Pocahontas County District Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Pocahontas County District Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Pocahontas County District 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.
Pocahontas County District 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.