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Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Chesapeake.
Name : Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney
Address : 307 Albemarle Drive, 200A Chesapeake, Virginia, 23322
Locality : Chesapeake
Phone : 757-382-3200
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Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 307 Albemarle Drive, 200A Chesapeake, Virginia, 23322
Phone number for Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney is 757-382-3200.
It ranks 1 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.
It ranks 17 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Chesapeake County Commonwealth's 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.
Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Chesapeake County Commonwealth's Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Chesapeake County Commonwealth's 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.
Chesapeake County Commonwealth's 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.