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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Galveston County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Galveston.
Name : Galveston County District Attorney
Address : 600 59th Street Galveston, Texas, 77551
Locality : Galveston
Phone : 409-766-2355
Fax : 409-766-2290
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Galveston County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 600 59th Street Galveston, Texas, 77551
Phone number for Galveston County District Attorney is 409-766-2355.
It ranks 5 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas.
It ranks 49 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Galveston 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.
Galveston County District Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Galveston County District Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Galveston 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.
Galveston 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.