Newport County District Attorney

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  3 of 5 District Attorney Offices in Rhode Island
  665 in District Attorney Offices

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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Newport County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Newport.

Name : Newport County District Attorney

Address : 45 Washington Square Newport, Rhode Island, 02840

Locality : Newport

Phone : 401-841-8310

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Newport County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 45 Washington Square Newport, Rhode Island, 02840

Phone number for Newport County District Attorney is 401-841-8310.

It ranks  3 of 5 District Attorney Offices in Rhode Island.

It ranks  665 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Newport 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.

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

Newport 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.

Newport 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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