Lincoln Parish District Attorney

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About Lincoln Parish District Attorney in Ruston

Lincoln Parish District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 100 West Texas Avenue Ruston, Louisiana, 71270

Phone number for Lincoln Parish District Attorney is 318-251-5100.

It ranks  26 of 61 District Attorney Offices in Louisiana.

It ranks  579 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Lincoln Parish 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.

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

Lincoln Parish 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.

Lincoln Parish 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.