22 of 117 District Attorney Offices in Kentucky 692 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Knott County Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Hindman.
Name : Knott County Attorney
Address : 54 West Main Street Hindman, Kentucky, 41822
Locality : Hindman
Phone : 606-785-5355
Fax : 606-785-3064
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Knott County Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 54 West Main Street Hindman, Kentucky, 41822
Phone number for Knott County Attorney is 606-785-5355.
It ranks 22 of 117 District Attorney Offices in Kentucky.
It ranks 692 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Knott 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.
Knott County Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Knott County Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Knott 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.
Knott 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.