St. Landry Parish District Attorney

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  13 of 61 District Attorney Offices in Louisiana
  332 in District Attorney Offices

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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for St. Landry Parish District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Opelousas.

Name : St. Landry Parish District Attorney

Address : 231 South Union Street Opelousas, Louisiana, 70570

Locality : Opelousas

Phone : 337-948-3041

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About St. Landry Parish District Attorney in Opelousas

St. Landry Parish District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 231 South Union Street Opelousas, Louisiana, 70570

Phone number for St. Landry Parish District Attorney is 337-948-3041.

It ranks  13 of 61 District Attorney Offices in Louisiana.

It ranks  332 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a St. Landry 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.

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

St. Landry 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.

St. Landry 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.

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