9 of 116 District Attorney Offices in Missouri 263 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Howell County Prosecuting Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at West Plains.
Name : Howell County Prosecuting Attorney
Address : 326 Courthouse West Plains, Missouri, 65775
Locality : West Plains
Phone : 417-256-2317
Fax : 417-256-6756
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Howell County Prosecuting Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 326 Courthouse West Plains, Missouri, 65775
Phone number for Howell County Prosecuting Attorney is 417-256-2317.
It ranks 9 of 116 District Attorney Offices in Missouri.
It ranks 263 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Howell County Prosecuting 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.
Howell County Prosecuting Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Howell County Prosecuting Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Howell County Prosecuting 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.
Howell County Prosecuting 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.