59 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas 458 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Howard County District Clerk, an District Attorney Offices, at Big Spring.
Name : Howard County District Clerk
Address : 312 Scurry Street Big Spring, Texas, 79720
Locality : Big Spring
Phone : 432-264-2220
Fax : 432-264-2222
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Howard County District Clerk is District Attorney Offices located at 312 Scurry Street Big Spring, Texas, 79720
Phone number for Howard County District Clerk is 432-264-2220.
It ranks 59 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas.
It ranks 458 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Howard County District Clerk 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.
Howard County District Clerk generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Howard County District Clerk will investigate those accused of the crime.
Howard County District Clerk 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.
Howard County District Clerk 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.