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About Commonwealth's Attorney in Gloucester Courthouse

Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 7400 Justice Drive Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia, 23061

Phone number for Commonwealth's Attorney is 804-693-4995.

It ranks  86 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.

It ranks  1,944 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a 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.

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

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.

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.