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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Howard County State Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Ellicott City.
Name : Howard County State Attorney
Address : 3451 Court House Drive Ellicott City, Maryland, 21043
Locality : Ellicott City
Phone : 410-313-3100
Fax : 410-313-3144
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Howard County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 3451 Court House Drive Ellicott City, Maryland, 21043
Phone number for Howard County State Attorney is 410-313-3100.
It ranks 20 of 23 District Attorney Offices in Maryland.
It ranks 1,649 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Howard County State 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.
Howard County State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Howard County State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Howard County State 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.
Howard County State 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.