Dutchess County District Attorney

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  13 of 62 District Attorney Offices in New York
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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Dutchess County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Poughkeepsie.

Name : Dutchess County District Attorney

Address : 236 Main Street Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601

Locality : Poughkeepsie

Phone : 845-486-2300

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About Dutchess County District Attorney in Poughkeepsie

Dutchess County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 236 Main Street Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601

Phone number for Dutchess County District Attorney is 845-486-2300.

It ranks  13 of 62 District Attorney Offices in New York.

It ranks  692 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Dutchess County 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.

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

Dutchess County 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.

Dutchess County 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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