Philadelphia County District Attorney

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  52 of 67 District Attorney Offices in Pennsylvania
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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Philadelphia County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Philadelphia.

Name : Philadelphia County District Attorney

Address : 3 South Penn Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

Locality : Philadelphia

Phone : 215-686-8000

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About Philadelphia County District Attorney in Philadelphia

Philadelphia County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 3 South Penn Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

Phone number for Philadelphia County District Attorney is 215-686-8000.

It ranks  52 of 67 District Attorney Offices in Pennsylvania.

It ranks  1,826 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Philadelphia 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.

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

Philadelphia 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.

Philadelphia 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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