Cherokee District Attorney

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About Cherokee District Attorney in Rusk

Cherokee District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 502 North Main Street Rusk, Texas, 75785

Phone number for Cherokee District Attorney is 903-683-2573.

It ranks  76 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas.

It ranks  655 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Cherokee 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.

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

Cherokee 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.

Cherokee 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.