Santa Fe District Attorney

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Santa Fe District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 327 Sandoval Street Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501

Phone number for Santa Fe District Attorney is 505-827-5000.

It ranks  3 of 31 District Attorney Offices in New Mexico.

It ranks  179 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Santa Fe 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.

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

Santa Fe 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.

Santa Fe 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.