Franklin County

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About Franklin County in Ottawa

Franklin County is District Attorney Offices located at 301 South Main Street Ottawa, Kansas, 66067

Phone number for Franklin County is 785-229-8970.

It ranks  37 of 105 District Attorney Offices in Kansas.

It ranks  1,432 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Franklin County 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.

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

Franklin County 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.

Franklin County 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.