Bourbon County Attorney

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About Bourbon County Attorney in Fort Scott

Bourbon County Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 108 West 2nd Street Fort Scott, Kansas, 66701

Phone number for Bourbon County Attorney is 620-223-2910.

It ranks  4 of 105 District Attorney Offices in Kansas.

It ranks  464 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Bourbon County 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.

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

Bourbon County 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.

Bourbon County 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.