Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney

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  34 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia
  1,009 in District Attorney Offices

Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney Contact Informations

Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at Lancaster.

Name : Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney

Address : PO Box 204 Lancaster, Virginia, 22503

Locality : Lancaster

Phone : 804-462-7240

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About Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney in Lancaster

Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 204 Lancaster, Virginia, 22503

Phone number for Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney is 804-462-7240.

It ranks  34 of 120 District Attorney Offices in Virginia.

It ranks  1,009 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Lancaster 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.

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

Lancaster 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.

Lancaster 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.

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