13 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas 90 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Wharton County District Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Wharton.
Name : Wharton County District Attorney
Address : 210 South Rusk Street Wharton, Texas, 77488
Locality : Wharton
Phone : 979-532-8051
Fax : 979-532-8467
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Wharton County District Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 210 South Rusk Street Wharton, Texas, 77488
Phone number for Wharton County District Attorney is 979-532-8051.
It ranks 13 of 241 District Attorney Offices in Texas.
It ranks 90 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Wharton 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.
Wharton County District Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Wharton County District Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Wharton 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.
Wharton 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.